珠穆朗瑪峰

See also: 珠穆朗玛峰

Chinese

		Mount Everest	peak; summit
trad. (珠穆朗瑪峰/珠穆朗瑪峯)		珠穆朗瑪	峰/峯
simp. (珠穆朗玛峰)		珠穆朗玛	峰

珠穆朗瑪峰

Etymology

From 珠穆朗瑪／珠穆朗玛 (Zhūmùlǎngmǎ, from Tibetan ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ (jo mo glang ma, “Holy Mother”)) + 峰 (fēng, “peak”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄤˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹ muk⁶ long⁵ maa⁵ fung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng [Phonetic: zhūmùlángmǎfēng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄤˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhumùlǎngmǎ Fong
    • Wade–Giles: Chu¹-mu⁴-lang³-ma³ Fêng¹
    • Yale: Jū-mù-lǎng-mǎ Fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jumuhlaangmaa Feng
    • Palladius: Чжумуланма Фэн (Čžumulanma Fɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu¹ muk⁶ long⁵ maa⁵ fung¹
    • Yale: jyū muhk lóhng máh fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹ muk⁹ long⁵ maa⁵ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹ mug⁶ long⁵ ma⁵ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵ mʊk̚² lɔːŋ¹³ maː¹³ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

珠穆朗瑪峰

1. Mount Everest (the high peak on the Tibetan–Nepali border, officially known as Mount Zhumulangma within China)

Synonyms

• 珠穆朗瑪／珠穆朗玛 (Zhūmùlǎngmǎ)
• 珠峰 (Zhūfēng)
• 聖母峰／圣母峰 (Shèngmǔ Fēng)
• (obsolete) 埃佛勒斯峰 (Āifólèsī Fēng)

Descendants

• → English: Qomolangma Feng (calque)