哈爾濱

See also: 哈尔滨 and 哈爾浜

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (哈爾濱)		哈	爾	濱
simp. (哈尔滨)		哈	尔	滨

Etymology

Borrowed from a dialectal Manchu word cognate with Standard Manchu ᡥᠠᠯᡶᡳᠶᠠᠨ (halfiyan, “flat”) (Huang, 2010). Compare /kʰɑlpin/ ("flat") in the Manchu dialect spoken in Dawujiazi (大五家子) of Aihui County (now in Heihe) (Wang, 2005).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hā'ěrbīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄚ ㄦˇ ㄅㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ ji⁵ ban¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hah-ní-pin / Hah-jíⁿ-pin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hā'ěrbīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄚ ㄦˇ ㄅㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ha-ěrbin
    • Wade–Giles: Ha¹-êrh³-pin¹
    • Yale: Hā-ěr-bīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Haeelbin
    • Palladius: Хаэрбинь (Xaerbinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xä⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa¹ ji⁵ ban¹
    • Yale: hā yíh bān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹ ji⁵ ban¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha¹ yi⁵ ben¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː⁵⁵ jiː¹³ pɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hah-ní-pin
    • Tâi-lô: Hah-ní-pin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hahny'pyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ha(ʔ)⁵ nĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pin³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hah-jíⁿ-pin
    • Tâi-lô: Hah-jínn-pin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hahjvy'pyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ha(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ d͡zĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pin⁴⁴/

Proper noun

哈爾濱

1. (～市) Harbin (a subprovincial city, provincial capital, and largest city in Heilongjiang, China)

   哈爾濱的冰雕很有名。 [MSC, trad.]
   哈尔滨的冰雕很有名。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hā'ěrbīn de bīngdiāo hěn yǒumíng. [Pinyin]

   Harbin's ice sculptures are very famous.

   冬天的時候哈爾濱是冰天雪地。 [MSC, trad.]
   冬天的时候哈尔滨是冰天雪地。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dōngtiān de shíhou Hā'ěrbīn shì bīngtiānxuědì. [Pinyin]

   During winter Harbin is a world of ice and snow.

Descendants

• → English: Ha'erbin, Haerbin, Ha-erh-pin, Ha-êrh-pin
• → Russian: Харби́н (Xarbín)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
哈	爾	濱
は Hyōgaiji	る Jinmeiyō	びん Hyōgaiji
irregular

Proper noun

哈爾濱(ハルビン) • (Harubin) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 哈爾浜: Harbin (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang, in northeastern China)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
哈	爾	濱

Proper noun

哈爾濱

1. chữ Hán form of Cáp Nhĩ Tân (“Harbin”).