Da Qaidam is a county-level administrative zone in Haixi Prefecture in northwestern Qinghai province, China. It borders Gansu province to the north. Da Qaidam is a combination of the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of 大, the Chinese word meaning "big" or "greater", and the Zangwen Pinyin romanization of the Tibetan name …Da Qaidam is a county-level administrative zone in Haixi Prefecture in northwestern Qinghai province, China. It borders Gansu province to the north. Da Qaidam is a combination of the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of 大, the Chinese word meaning "big" or "greater", and the Zangwen Pinyin romanization of the Tibetan name ཚྭ་འདམ (qaidam), meaning "salt marsh" and referencing the surrounding Qaidam Basin. The Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese transcription of Qaidam is "Cháidàn".
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