塔拉斯河

Traditional form:

塔拉斯河

Pinyin (reading):

Tǎlāsī Hé

Definitions:

• Talas River, originating in Kyrgyzstan and flowing west into Kazakhstan

Characters:

• 塔 - tower, spire, tall building
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river

Traditional characters:

• 塔 - tower, spire, tall building
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river