河西走廊

Chinese

		Hexi	corridor; hallway; aisle corridor; hallway; aisle; passageway; corridor
simp. and trad. (河西走廊)		河西	走廊

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Héxī Zǒuláng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄗㄡˇ ㄌㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ sai¹ zau² long⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Héxī Zǒuláng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄗㄡˇ ㄌㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Hési Zǒuláng
  - Wade–Giles: Ho²-hsi¹ Tsou³-lang²
  - Yale: Hé-syī Dzǒu-láng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hershi Tzooulang
  - Palladius: Хэси Цзоулан (Xɛsi Czoulan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ sai¹ zau² long⁴
  - Yale: hòh sāi jáu lòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ sai¹ dzau² long⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ sei¹ zeo² long⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ sɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ lɔːŋ²¹/

Proper noun

河西走廊

(historical) Hexi Corridor (a geographical region of relatively arable terrain in modern western Gansu Province, China, part of the Northern Silk Road running northwest from the bank of the Yellow River; consisting of a string of oases, it was the most important route from North China to the Tarim Basin and Central Asia for traders and the military)