夏河

Chinese

		summer; Xia (proper name)	river
trad. (夏河)		夏	河
simp. #(夏河)		夏	河

Etymology

Named in 1928 after the river 大夏河 that flows through the city.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiàhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ ho⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiàhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siàhé
    • Wade–Giles: Hsia⁴-ho²
    • Yale: Syà-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiahher
    • Palladius: Сяхэ (Sjaxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ ho⁴
    • Yale: hah hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² hɔː²¹/

Proper noun

夏河

1. (～縣) Xiahe (a county of Gannan prefecture, Gansu, China)