大吉嶺

Chinese

		very auspicious; extremely lucky	mountain range
trad. (大吉嶺)		大吉	嶺
simp. (大吉岭)		大吉	岭

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Darjeeling, from Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ་གླིང (rdo rje gling).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dàjílǐng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ gat¹ ling⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Dàjílǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahjyiliing
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dàjílǐng
  - IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ gat¹ ling⁵
  - Yale: daaih gāt líhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gat⁷ ling⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ged¹ ling⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² kɐt̚⁵ lɪŋ¹³/

Proper noun

大吉嶺

Darjeeling

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