Kā lā kūn lún shāndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Karakorum mountains
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Original source entry:

喀拉崑崙山 喀拉昆仑山 [Ka1 la1 kun1 lun2 shan1] /Karakorum mountains/

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Other forms in these source records: 喀拉崑崙山

  • 喀
    kā

    (onom.) sound of coughing or vomiting

  • 拉
    lā

    to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels

    lá

    to make a cut in (sth) / to slit / to gash / to slash

    là

    used in 拉拉蛄[là là gǔ]

  • 昆
    kūn

    used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 崑崙|昆仑[Kūn lún] / (also used for transliteration) / descendant / elder brother / a style of Chinese poetry

  • 仑
    lún

    to arrange / used in 崑崙|昆仑[Kūn lún]

  • 山
    shān

    mountain / hill (CL:座[zuò]) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

    Shān

    surname Shan

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