河內

See also: 河内

Chinese

	river	inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior
trad. (河內)	河	內
simp. (河内)	河	内
anagram	內河／内河

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河內

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hénèi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄋㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ noi⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Hô-lǎi / Hô-lāi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ho⁵ lai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hénèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄋㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Hénèi
  - Wade–Giles: Ho²-nei⁴
  - Yale: Hé-nèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Herney
  - Palladius: Хэнэй (Xɛnɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ neɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ noi⁶
  - Yale: hòh noih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ noi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ noi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ nɔːi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-lǎi
  - Tâi-lô: Hô-lǎi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² lai²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-lāi
  - Tâi-lô: Hô-lāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoilai
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ lai³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ lai³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² lai²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² lai²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ho⁵ lai⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hô lăi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lai³⁵/

Etymology 1

From Vietnamese Hà Nội, from Chinese 河內／河内 (Hénèi). Literally inside the rivers, so named because it is located 'inside' the Red River.

Proper noun

河內

Hanoi, the capital city of Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Etymology 2

The commandery was established in the Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD), and was so named on account of it being to the north of the Yellow River, however the approximate region may be attestable in pre-Qin texts (before 221 BC).

Proper noun

河內

(historical) Henei (region just north of the middle reaches of the Yellow River)
(historical) Henei Commandery (in present day Jiaozuo, Henan)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
河	內

Proper noun

河內

chữ Hán form of Hà Nội (“Hanoi”).

References

Văn Mới (1954)