大柴旦

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	Qaidam
trad. (大柴旦)		大	柴旦
simp. #(大柴旦)		大	柴旦

Etymology

大 (dà) + 柴旦, the latter of which is from Tibetan ཚྭའི་འདམ (tshwa'i 'dam), from ཚྭ (tshwa, “salt”) + འི ('i, “possessive particle”) + འདམ ('dam, “marsh, swamp, morass”). Compare 柴達木／柴达木 (Cháidámù).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàcháidàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄞˊ ㄉㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàcháidàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄞˊ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàcháidàn
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-chʻai²-tan⁴
    • Yale: Dà-chái-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahchairdann
    • Palladius: Дачайдань (Dačajdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ tän⁵¹/

Proper noun

大柴旦

1. (～行政委員會) Da Qaidam (a region of Haixi prefecture, Qinghai, China)