香格里拉 in English Xiang1 ge2 li3 la1 Meaning

Meanings

  • Shangri-La (mythical location)
  • Shangri-La town and county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Yunnan
  • formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhong1 dian4] in Tibetan province of Kham

Simplified Characters

香 格 里 拉

Traditional Characters

香 格 里 拉

Pinyin

Xiang1 ge2 li3 la1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

香xiang1fragrant 格ge2square 里li3variant of 裡|里[li3] 拉la1to pull