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拉薩

拉薩

See also: 拉萨

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (拉薩)		拉	薩
simp. (拉萨)		拉	萨

Proper noun

拉薩

Lhasa (capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China)

Etymology

Borrowing from Tibetan ལྷ་ས ‎(lha sa).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Lāsà

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄚㄙㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laai¹ saat³
Min Nan (POJ): La-sat / Liap-sat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Lāsà
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄚㄙㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lhasah
  - IPA ^(key): /la̠⁵⁵ sa̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: laai¹ saat³
  - Yale: lāai saat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laai¹ saat⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑːi̯⁵⁵ sɑːt̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: La-sat
  - Tâi-lô: La-sat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lasad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /la⁴⁴⁻²² sat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /la³³ sat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Taipei): /la⁴⁴⁻³³ sat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /la⁴⁴⁻³³ sat̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liap-sat
  - Tâi-lô: Liap-sat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liapsad
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liap̚³²⁻⁵ sat̚³²/