哈佛

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (哈佛)		哈	佛

Etymology

Borrowed from English Harvard, probably via a southern dialect which retains the final in 佛.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hāfó

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄚ ㄈㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ fat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hāfó
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄚ ㄈㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hafó
    • Wade–Giles: Ha¹-fo²
    • Yale: Hā-fwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hafor
    • Palladius: Хафо (Xafo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xä⁵⁵ fu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa¹ fat⁶
    • Yale: hā faht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹ fat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha¹ fed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː⁵⁵ fɐt̚²/

Proper noun

哈佛

1. A transliteration of the English surname Harvard
2. Harvard (university in Massachusetts)

Derived terms

• 哈佛逗號／哈佛逗号 (Hāfó dòuhào)