高河

Chinese

		high; tall	river
simp. and trad. (高河)		高	河

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāohé

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ ho⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāohé
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaohé
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-ho²
    • Yale: gāu-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauher
    • Palladius: гаохэ (gaoxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ ho⁴
    • Yale: gōu hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ hɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kaw ha

Rime
Character	高	河
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古勞切	胡歌切
Baxter	kaw	ha
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑu/	/ɦɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑu/	/ɦɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑu/	/ɣɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaw/	/ɦa/
Li Rong	/kɑu/	/ɣɑ/
Wang Li	/kɑu/	/ɣɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑu/	/ɣɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gāo	hé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gou1	ho4

Noun

高河

1. (literary) Milky Way