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河北

河北

Chinese

		river	north
simp. and trad. (河北)		河	北

Proper noun

河北

Hebei (a province of northern China)

Related terms

河南 (Hé'nán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
河	北
か Grade: 5	ほく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Proper noun

河北 ‎(hiragana かほく, romaji Kahoku)

Hebei
a place name, such as that of Kahoku Town in Yamagata Prefecture

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Héběi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ bak¹
Min Nan (POJ): Hô-pak

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Héběi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Herbeei
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ bak¹
  - Yale: hòh bāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ bak⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ pɐk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-pak
  - Tâi-lô: Hô-pak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'pag
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɤ²⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɤ²⁴⁻²² pak̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɤ¹³⁻²² pak̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ pak̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ pak̚³²/