騰格里

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (騰格里)		騰	格	里
simp. (腾格里)		腾	格	里

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Mongol ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tŋri, “sky, heaven”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ténggélǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄥˊ ㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tang⁴ gaak³ lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ténggélǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄥˊ ㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ténggélǐ
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻêng²-ko²-li³
    • Yale: Téng-gé-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ternggerlii
    • Palladius: Тэнгэли (Tɛngɛli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤŋ³⁵ kɤ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tang⁴ gaak³ lei⁵
    • Yale: tàhng gaak léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tang⁴ gaak⁸ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: teng⁴ gag³ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐŋ²¹ kaːk̚³ lei̯¹³/

Proper noun

騰格里

1. Tengri (the chief deity of various historic pagan peoples, including Turks and Mongolians)
2. (～沙漠) Tengger Desert (a desert in China)