喀什

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (喀什)		喀	什

قەشقەر
喀什

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kāshí, Kàshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄚ ㄕˊ, ㄎㄚˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ sap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kāshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kashíh
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻa¹-shih²
    • Yale: Kā-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kashyr
    • Palladius: Каши (Kaši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kàshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kàshíh
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻa⁴-shih²
    • Yale: Kà-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kahshyr
    • Palladius: Каши (Kaši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haak³ sap⁶
    • Yale: haak sahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ sap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag³ seb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³ sɐp̚²/

Etymology 1

Short for 喀什噶爾／喀什噶尔 (Kāshígá'ěr).

Proper noun

喀什

1. (～地區) Kashgar, Kashi (a prefecture of Xinjiang, China)
2. (～市) Kashgar, Kashi (a county-level city in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, China)

Descendants

• → English: Kashi, K'a-shih, K'o-shih

Etymology 2

Map of part of Xinjiang, showing Kashi and the Kash's confluence with the Ili

From Mongolian Хаш (Xaš), from Mongolian хаш (xaš, “jade”).

Proper noun

喀什

1. (～河) Kash (a river in Ili prefecture, Xinjiang, China)
2. (～鎮, formerly ～鄉) Kashi, Qash (a town and former township on the Kash in Yining, Ili prefecture, Xinjiang, China)

References

• Boskha Kh. Borlykova & al., "Towards the Study of Oirat Hydronyms of the Ili River", Вопросы Ономастики, Vol. 19, No. 2, p. 111.