喀喇崑崙

Chinese

		black	Kunlun Mountains
trad. (喀喇崑崙)		喀喇	崑崙
simp. (喀喇昆仑)		喀喇	昆仑

Etymology

Likely a phono-semantic matching from a Turkic language.

Compare the partially-related name 哈拉和林 (Hālāhélín).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Kālākūnlún, Kàlǎkūnlún

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄚㄌㄚㄎㄨㄣㄌㄨㄣˊ, ㄎㄚˋ ㄌㄚˇ ㄎㄨㄣㄌㄨㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Kālākūnlún
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄚㄌㄚㄎㄨㄣㄌㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Kalakunlún
  - Wade–Giles: Kʻa¹-la¹-kʻun¹-lun²
  - Yale: Kā-lā-kwūn-lwún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kalhakuenluen
  - Palladius: Калакуньлунь (Kalakunʹlunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Kàlǎkūnlún
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄚˋ ㄌㄚˇ ㄎㄨㄣㄌㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Kàlǎkunlún
  - Wade–Giles: Kʻa⁴-la³-kʻun¹-lun²
  - Yale: Kà-lǎ-kwūn-lwún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kahlaakuenluen
  - Palladius: Калакуньлунь (Kalakunʹlunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä⁵¹ lä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/

Proper noun

喀喇崑崙

(～山脈) Karakoram (large mountain range spanning the borders of Pakistan, India, and China)
(～山口) Karakoram Pass

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