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達賴喇嘛

達賴喇嘛

See also: 达赖喇嘛

Chinese

		Dalai, Dalai Lama	lama
trad. (達賴喇嘛)		達賴	喇嘛
simp. (达赖喇嘛)		达赖	喇嘛

Noun

達賴喇嘛

Dalai Lama

See also

班禪喇嘛／班禅喇嘛 (bānchán lǎma)

Etymology

Borrowing from Tibetan ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ ‎(tā la'i bla ma).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dálài lǎma

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˊ ㄌㄞˋ ㄌㄚˇ ㄇㄚ˙
Cantonese (Jyutping): daat⁶ laai⁶ laa¹ maa⁴
Min Nan (POJ): ta̍t-lāi-la-mô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dálài lǎma
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˊ ㄌㄞˋ ㄌㄚˇ ㄇㄚ˙
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: darlay laa.mha
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹ la̠²¹⁴ ma̠⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daat⁶ laai⁶ laa¹ maa⁴
  - Yale: daaht laaih lā màh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daat⁹ laai⁶ laa¹ maa⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑːt̚² lɑːi̯²² lɑː⁵⁵ mɑː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta̍t-lāi-la-mô͘
  - Tâi-lô: ta̍t-lāi-la-môo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dadlaixlamoo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tat̚⁴⁻²¹ laɪ²²⁻²¹ la⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tat̚²⁴⁻²² laɪ⁴¹⁻²² la³³ mɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ laɪ²²⁻²¹ la⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tat̚⁴⁻³² laɪ³³⁻¹¹ la⁴⁴⁻³³ mɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tat̚⁴⁻³² laɪ³³⁻²¹ la⁴⁴⁻³³ mɔ²³/