LhasaUrban district of the City of Lhasa in TibetDistrict in Tibet, ChinaHistorical Chinese nameSimplified Chinese逻些Traditional Chinese邏些Tibetan nameTibetanལྷ་ས་Tibetan nameTibetanཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས།Lhasa, officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, is the inner urban district of Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China.
Tibet Autonomous RegionAutonomous region of ChinaAutonomous region in ChinaTibet Autonomous RegionSimplified Chinese西藏自治区Traditional Chinese西藏自治區Hanyu PinyinXīzàng ZìzhìqūTibetan nameTibetanབོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།Manchu nameManchu scriptᠸᠠᡵᡤᡳᡩᡯᠠᠩRomanizationwargi DzangMongolian nameMongolianTöbhödiin öörtöö zasakh oronThe Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened in English to Tibet and sometimes to Xizang, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China.
TibetEthno-cultural region in AsiaGreater Tibet regions and claims; click image and go to 'More details' to understand more about the various coloursTibet ( ) is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau. It is the homeland of the Tibetans. Other ethnic groups also reside on the plateau, including Mongols, the Lhoba, Monpa, Qiang, Sherpa, and since the 20th century, Han and Hui peoples.
Tibetan pinyinThe SASM/GNC/SRC romanization of Standard Tibetan, commonly known as Tibetan pinyin or ZWPY (Chinese: ; pinyin: Zàngwén Pīnyīn), is the official transcription system for the Tibetan language in China. It is based on the pronunciation used by China National Radio's Tibetan Radio, which is based on the Lhasa dialect.
Prefecture-level cityA prefecture-level city (simplified Chinese: 地级市; traditional Chinese: 地級市; pinyin: Dìjíshì) or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. It usually consists of multiple sub-prefecture-level cities or towns and the surrounding countryside.
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PinyinScheme for the Chinese Phonetic AlphabetSimplified ChineseTraditional ChineseLiteral meaningscheme of spelled Han language sounds This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see .
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Ü-TsangAlternative Chinese nameTraditional Chinese衛藏Simplified Chinese卫藏Tibetan nameTibetanདབུས་གཙང་Ü-Tsang (Tibetan: དབུས་གཙང་, Wylie: dbus gtsang) is one of the three Tibetan regions, the others being Amdo to the northeast and Kham to the east. Geographically Ü-Tsang covers the Yarlung Tsangpo drainage basin, the western districts surrounding and extending past Mount Kailash, and much of the Changtang plateau to the north.
Samzhubzê, XigazêSamzhubzê District (also spelled Sangzhuzi District, Samdruptse District) is a district in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the China, and the administrative center of the prefecture-level city of Shigatse (Tibetan Pinyin: Xigazê). Prior to 2014 it was known as the county-level city of Shigatse. It was the ancient capital of Ü-Tsang province and is the second largest city in Tibet with an estimated population of 117,000 in 2013.
Mount EverestEarth's highest mountainNorth Face of Everest as seen from the path to North Base CampView from the south (Nepal) shows Everest rising behind the ridge connecting Nuptse and Lhotse; in the foreground are Thamserku, Kangtega, and Ama DablamMount Everest (known in Nepali as Sagarmāthā, in Sherpa as Chamolangma, and in Tibetan as Jomolangma/Čhomolangma is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level.
Wylie transliterationWylie transliteration is a method for transliterating Tibetan script using only the letters available on a typical English-language typewriter. The system is named for the American scholar Turrell V. Wylie, who created the system and published it in a 1959 Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies article. It has subsequently become a standard transliteration scheme in Tibetan studies, especially in the United States.
日喀则Related word or term.日喀則Related word or term.ShigatseRelated word or term.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.