塔克拉玛干沙漠

Traditional form:

塔克拉瑪干沙漠

Pinyin (reading):

Tǎkèlāmǎgān Shāmò

Definitions:

• Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang

Characters:

• 塔 - tower, spire, tall building
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 玛 - agate, cornelian
• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 沙 - sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
• 漠 - desert; aloof, cool, indifferent

Traditional characters:

• 塔 - tower, spire, tall building
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 瑪 - agate, cornelian
• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 沙 - sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
• 漠 - desert; aloof, cool, indifferent