康乾宗迦峰

KāngqiánzōngjiāFēng

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Meanings

1 Kangchenjunga
2 the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 m, on the Nepal-India border)

Characters

(phonetic 'Kang-')

(phonetic '-chen-')

(phonetic '-jun-')

(phonetic '-ga')

Examples

康乾宗迦峰是世界第三高峰。

Kāngqiánzōngjiā Fēng shì shìjiè dì-sān gāofēng.

Kangchenjunga is the third-highest peak in the world.

1955年，英国登山队首次登顶康乾宗迦峰。

Yījiǔwǔwǔ nián, Yīngguó dēngshānduì shǒu cì dēngdǐng Kāngqiánzōngjiā Fēng.

In 1955 a British expedition first summited Kangchenjunga.

Tips

culture

From Tibetan ཀང་ཆེན་མཛོད་ལྔ (Gangchen Dzönga), 'the five treasures of great snow' — the mountain has five distinct peaks. Sherpas traditionally stop just short of the true summit out of respect for the mountain god.

Stroke Order

康 kāng

乾 qián

宗 zōng

迦 jiā

峰 fēng