河北

河北

Chinese

		river	north
simp. and trad. (河北)		河	北
anagram		北河
Literally: “north of the river”.

Etymology

Hebei

So named as it lies on the north of the Yellow River.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Héběi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ bak¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Hò-pet
• Min Dong (BUC): Ò̤-báe̤k
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Hô-pak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ho⁵ bag⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): hhu poq (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Héběi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Herbeei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Héběi
    • IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ bak¹
    • Yale: hòh bāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ bak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ beg¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ pɐk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hò-pet
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoˇ bed`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho² bed⁵
    • IPA: /ho¹¹ pet̚²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ò̤-báe̤k
    • IPA ^(key): /o⁵³⁻²¹ ^(p-)βɔyʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-pak
    • Tâi-lô: Hô-pak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'pag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² pak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ pak̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ho⁵ bag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hô pak
    • IPA ^(key): /ho⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pak̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhu poq (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦv̩ʷ²² pʊʔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɑ  pək̚/▼

Rime
Character	河	北
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡歌切	博墨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑ/	/pək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑ/	/pək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑ/	/pək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦa/	/pək̚/
Li Rong	/ɣɑ/	/pək̚/
Wang Li	/ɣɑ/	/pək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑ/	/pək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hé	bo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[C.ɡ]ˤaj  pˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːl  pɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	河	北
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hé	běi
Middle Chinese	‹ ha ›	‹ pok ›
Old Chinese	/*[C.ɡ]ˁaj/	/*pˁək/
English	river	north
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	河	北
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7459	414
Phonetic component	可	北
Rime group	歌	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	何	北
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːl/	/*pɯːɡ/

Proper noun

河北

1. (～省) Hebei (a province of China)
2. (historical) region north of the Yellow River
3. (～市) Kahoku (a city in Ishikawa, Japan)

Antonyms

• (Hebei): 河南 (Hénán)

Descendants

• → English: Hebei, Hopeh

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Japanese

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

Proper noun

河北 (hiragana かほく, rōmaji Kahoku)

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
河	北

Proper noun

河北 • (Habuk) (hangeul 하북)

1. Hanja form^? of 하북 (“Hebei”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
河	北

Proper noun

河北

1. Hán tự form of Hà Bắc (“Hebei”).