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 ㄌㄚㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ daat⁶ laai¹ gung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bùdálā Gōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˊ ㄌㄚㄍㄨㄥ
  - 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

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

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