葉赫那拉

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (葉赫那拉)		葉	赫	那	拉
simp. (叶赫那拉)		叶	赫	那	拉

Etymology

Borrowed from Manchu ᠶᡝᡥᡝ
ᠨᠠᡵᠠ (yehe nara).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yèhènàlā

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄜˋ ㄋㄚˋ ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jip⁶ hak¹ naa⁵ laai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yèhènàlā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄜˋ ㄋㄚˋ ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yèhènàla
    • Wade–Giles: Yeh⁴-ho⁴-na⁴-la¹
    • Yale: Yè-hè-nà-lā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yehhehnahlha
    • Palladius: Ехэнала (Jexɛnala)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ nä⁵¹ lä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jip⁶ hak¹ naa⁵ laai¹
    • Yale: yihp hāk náh lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jip⁹ hak⁷ naa⁵ laai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yib⁶ heg¹ na⁵ lai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːp̚² hɐk̚⁵ naː¹³ laːi̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

葉赫那拉

1. (historical) A transliteration of the Manchu surname ᠶᡝᡥᡝ
   ᠨᠠᡵᠠ (yehe nara, “Yehe Nara”), the clan which Empress Dowager Cixi belonged to