九河

九河

Chinese

		nine	river
simp. and trad. (九河)		九	河

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² ho⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒuhé
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-ho²
    • Yale: jyǒu-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeouher
    • Palladius: цзюхэ (czjuxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² ho⁴
    • Yale: gáu hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ hɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /kɨu^X  ɦɑ/

Rime
Character	九	河
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	舉有切	胡歌切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨuX/	/ɦɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/kiuX/	/ɦɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəuX/	/ɣɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuwX/	/ɦa/
Li Rong	/kiuX/	/ɣɑ/
Wang Li	/kĭəuX/	/ɣɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ə̯uX/	/ɣɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǔ	hé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau2	ho4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]uʔ  [C.ɡ]ˤaj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuʔ  ɡaːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	九	河
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiǔ	hé
Middle Chinese	‹ kjuwX ›	‹ ha ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]uʔ/	/*[C.ɡ]ˁaj/
English	nine	river
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	九	河
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6941	7459
Phonetic component	九	可
Rime group	幽	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	久	何
Old Chinese	/*kuʔ/	/*ɡaːl/

Noun

九河

1. (historical) the nine tributaries (or the many tributaries in the lower reaches) of the Yellow River during the rule of Yu the Great
2. (literary, by extension) the Yellow River
3. (literary) the Milky Way