布達拉宮

See also: 布达拉宫

Chinese

			palace; uterus
trad. (布達拉宮)		布達拉	宮
simp. (布达拉宫)		布达拉	宫

Etymology

From Tibetan པོ་ཏ་ལ (po ta la) + Chinese 宮／宫 (gōng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bùdálā Gōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˊ ㄌㄚ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ daat⁶ laai¹ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bùdálā Gōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˊ ㄌㄚ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bùdála Gong
    • Wade–Giles: Pu⁴-ta²-la¹ Kung¹
    • Yale: Bù-dá-lā Gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Buhdarlha Gong
    • Palladius: Будала Гун (Budala Gun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tä³⁵ lä⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou³ daat⁶ laai¹ gung¹
    • Yale: bou daaht lāai gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ daat⁹ laai¹ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³ dad⁶ lai¹ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ taːt̚² laːi̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

布達拉宮

1. Potala Palace (chief residence of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa)
   • 1994, Zheng Jun (lyrics and music), “回到拉薩 [Returning to Lhasa]”, in 赤裸裸 [chìluǒluǒ, Naked], 紅星生產社 [Red Star Productions]:

     回到拉薩/回到了布達拉宮 [MSC, trad.]
     回到拉萨/回到了布达拉宫 [MSC, simp.]

     Huí dào Lāsà / Huí dào le Bùdálā Gōng [Pinyin]

     I returned to Lhasa / I returned to the Potala Palace