河伯

河伯

Chinese

		river	father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address
simp. and trad. (河伯)		河	伯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hébó

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ baak³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hébó
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hébó
    • Wade–Giles: Ho²-po²
    • Yale: Hé-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Herbor
    • Palladius: Хэбо (Xɛbo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ pwɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ baak³
    • Yale: hòh baak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ baak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ bag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ paːk̚³/

Proper noun

河伯

1. (Chinese mythology) Hebo (god of the Yellow River)

Synonyms

• 河神 (Héshén)

Derived terms

河伯使者 河伯娶婦／河伯娶妇

河伯從事／河伯从事

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (河伯):

• → Japanese: 河(か)伯(はく) (Kahaku)
• → Korean: 하백(河伯) (Habaek)
• → Vietnamese: Hà Bá (河伯)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
河	伯
か Grade: 5	はく Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

From Chinese 河伯 (Hébó).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) かはく [kàhákú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) か​はく [káꜜhàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ha̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun

河(か)伯(はく) • (Kahaku) 

1. (Chinese mythology) Hebo

Noun

河(か)伯(はく) • (kahaku) 

1. (Japanese mythology) Synonym of 河童 (kappa)