Meanings
- An administrative zone in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China.
Hot water flows from springs along the border fault system at the SW rim of the Qilian Mountains near the city of Da Qaidam (Qinghai Province, Western China).
2016, Ingrid Stober, J. Zhong, L. Zhang, K. Bucher, “Deep hydrothermal fluid–rock interaction: the thermal springs of Da Qaidam, China”, in Geofluids, volume 16, number 4, →DOI, page 7112 more examples
The USGS said the epicentre of the quake was 161 km (101 miles)) north-northeast of Golmud at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 km). Golmud is an industrial city that is dependent upon potassium mining. Xinhua said some mud houses in Da Qaidam, near the epicentre, had cracks in their walls and a few huts had collapsed. Schools have also been closed.
2008 November 10, Liu Zhen, Ben Blanchard, Lucy Hornby, “Strong quake hits China's Qinghai region”, in Ken Wills, Sanjeev Miglani, editors, Reuters, sourced from BEIJING, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2024, WorldAn earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted a town in Qinghai province yesterday, triggering panic in nearby cities. Residents of Da Qaidam felt the ground rock violently for more than a minute at 9.22am as the tremor erupted 10km underground.
2008 November 11, “Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes Qinghai province”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2025
Origin
- Tibetanཚྭ་འདམ“salt marsh”
- Mandarin大“big, great”
- EnglishDa Qaidam
From Mandarin 大 (dà, “big, great”) + Tibetan ཚྭ་འདམ (tshwa 'dam, “salt marsh”).
More words from Mandarin, Tibetan
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 大柴旦
- 大柴旦administrative zone
Chinese Mandarin 大柴旦
- 大柴旦 (Dàcháidàn)administrative zone
Cite this entry
Da Qaidam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Da%20Qaidam
“Da Qaidam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Da%20Qaidam. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Da Qaidam,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Da%20Qaidam.
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