青海
Chinese
green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.) | ocean; sea | ||
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simp. and trad. (青海) |
青 | 海 | |
anagram | 海青 | ||
Literally: “bluegreen sea/lake”. |
Etymology
Compare similar-meaning names for Lake Qinghai in other languages: Tibetan མཚོ་སྔོན (mtsho sngon), མཚོ་སྔོན་པོ (mtsho sngon po, “blue lake”), Mongolian ᠬᠥᠬᠡ
ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (köke naɣur, “blue lake”).
Pronunciation
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