| 吐鲁番盆地 |
Tǔ lǔ fān Pén dì |
the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang |
| 吐 |
tǔ |
to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances) |
| 吐 |
tù |
to vomit / to throw up |
| 吐鲁番 |
Tǔ lǔ fān |
see 吐鲁番市 |
| 鲁 |
Lǔ |
surname Lu / Lu, an ancient state of China 鲁国 / Lu, short name for Shandong 山东 |
| 鲁 |
lǔ |
(bound form) crass / stupid / rude / (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords) |
| 番 |
Pān |
surname Pan |
| 番 |
fān |
(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind; a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb 翻 to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番 "to double") |
| 盆 |
pén |
basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 斗 and 8 升, approx 128 liters / CL:个 |
| 盆地 |
pén dì |
(geography) basin / depression |
| 地 |
de |
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 地 |
dì |
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片 |