喜玛拉雅

喜瑪拉雅

Xǐmǎlāyǎ

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Meanings

1 Himalayas (variant orthography of 喜马拉雅; the standard form uses 马 not 玛)

Characters

happy, like (transliteration syllable for 'Hi-')

agate (transliteration syllable for '-ma-')

to pull (transliteration syllable for '-la-')

elegant (transliteration syllable for '-ya')

Examples

喜玛拉雅山脉是世界上最高的山脉。

Xǐmǎlāyǎ shānmài shì shìjiè shàng zuì gāo de shānmài.

The Himalaya range is the highest mountain range in the world.

他们计划去喜玛拉雅徒步旅行。

Tāmen jìhuà qù Xǐmǎlāyǎ túbù lǚxíng.

They're planning a trekking trip in the Himalayas.

Tips

mistakes

The standard, official Chinese rendering is 喜马拉雅 (with plain 马 'horse'). 喜玛拉雅 substitutes 玛 (mǎ, 'agate; jade variety') and is treated as a non-standard variant — but it's common in informal writing and brand names. The name itself transliterates Sanskrit Himālaya = 'abode of snow'.

culture

Despite being non-standard, 喜玛拉雅 is widely seen — partly because Chinese podcast giant Ximalaya FM uses 喜马拉雅 (correct form) and confusion with the variant is common.

Stroke Order

喜 xǐ

玛 mǎ

拉 lā

雅 yǎ