青海
See also: 靑海
Chinese
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Etymology
Compare similar-meaning names for Qinghai Lake in other languages: Tibetan མཚོ་སྔོན (mtsho sngon), མཚོ་སྔོན་པོ (mtsho sngon po, “blue lake”), Mongolian ᠬᠥᠬᠡ
ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (kökä naɣur, “blue lake”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
青海
- (~湖) Qinghai Lake (a lake in Qinghai, China)
- 君不見青海頭,古來白骨無人收。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 杜甫 (Du Fu) (712-770), 兵車行 (The Army Wagons: A Ballad); translated by Stephen Owen
- Jūn bùjiàn Qīnghǎi tóu, gǔlái báigǔ wúrén shōu. [Pinyin]
- Haven’t you seen by Kokonor white bones from ancient times that have never been recovered?
君不见青海头,古来白骨无人收。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (~省) Qinghai (a province of China; capital: Xining)
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