歸綏

Chinese

		to go back; to return	pacify
trad. (歸綏)		歸	綏
simp. (归绥)		归	绥

Etymology

As the name of the city now called Hohhot, from 歸化／归化 (Guīhuà) + 綏遠／绥远 (Suíyuǎn), the names of the two towns that merged to form Guisui in 1913.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Guīsuí, Guīsuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄙㄨㄟˊ, ㄍㄨㄟ ㄙㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ seoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Guīsuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄙㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gueisuéi
    • Wade–Giles: Kuei¹-sui²
    • Yale: Gwēi-swéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gueiswei
    • Palladius: Гуйсуй (Gujsuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Guīsuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄙㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gueisuei
    • Wade–Giles: Kuei¹-sui¹
    • Yale: Gwēi-swēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gueisuei
    • Palladius: Гуйсуй (Gujsuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ seoi¹
    • Yale: gwāi sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ sêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

歸綏

1. (～縣, ～市) Guisui (a former county and city in Suiyuan province, China; now Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China)

Synonyms

• 呼和浩特 (Hūhéhàotè)