粵

珠zyu1穆muk6朗long5瑪maa5峰fung1

simp珠穆朗玛峰also written珠穆朗瑪峯
zyu1 muk6 long5 maa5 fung1Zhū mù lǎng mǎ Fēng

English

  1. Mount Everest (from its Tibetan name, Chomolungma)
  2. Mount Everest; Chomolungma; Sagarmāthā

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 山峰名;係地球上最高嘅山峰,屬於喜瑪拉雅山脈嘅一部分。藏語中珠穆朗瑪即係「大地之母」嘅意思。西方國家同部分亞洲國家會稱之為額菲爾士峰或埃佛勒斯峰(Mount Everest),以紀念英國佔領尼泊爾嗰陣,負責測量喜馬拉雅山脈嘅英屬印度測量局局長喬治·埃佛勒斯。

Examples

  • 珠穆朗瑪峰嘅海拔有幾高?

    What is the height of Mt. Everest?

    Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

  • 珠穆朗玛峰有多高?

    How high is Mount Everest?

    Tatoeba · china_njlsc CC BY

  • 珠穆朗玛峰的海拔有多高?

    What is the height of Mt. Everest?

    Tatoeba · easononizuka CC BY

  • 最先登上珠穆朗瑪峰的人是誰?

    Who first reached the summit of Mt. Everest?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 你知道是谁第一个征服珠穆朗玛峰的吗?

    Do you know who conquered Mt. Everest first?

    Tatoeba · zhouj1955 CC BY

  • 世界上任何山峰都达不到珠穆朗瑪峰的高度。

    No other mountain in the world is as tall as Mt. Everest.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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