lake (Mongolian loanword, used in Inner Mongolian place names)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
lake (from Mongolian "nuur," used in Inner Mongolian place names)
technicalTypically appears as a suffix in place names such as Dalai Lake (达来淖尔) and Chagan Lake (查干淖尔). Written variously as 淖尔, 诺尔, or 努尔 in Chinese transcriptions of Mongolian place names.
Dá达
lài来
nuò淖
ěr尔
shì是
nèi内
méng蒙
gǔ古
hū呼
lún伦
bèi贝
ěr尔
méng盟
de的
yí一
gè个
dà大
hú湖
。
Dalai Lake is a large lake in Hulunbuir League, Inner Mongolia.
Chá查
gàn干
nuò淖
ěr尔
wèi位
yú于
nèi内
méng蒙
gǔ古
de的
xī锡
lín林
guō郭
lè勒
méng盟
。
Chagan Lake is located in Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia.
Show 1 more exampleShow fewer examples
Zài在
méng蒙
gǔ古
yǔ语
zhōng中
，
'
nuò淖
ěr尔
'
jiù就
shì是
hú湖
pō泊
de的
yì意
si思
，
xiāng相
dāng当
yú于
hàn汉
yǔ语
de的
'
hú湖
'
。
In Mongolian, 'nuo'er' means lake, equivalent to 'hu' in Chinese.