河北

Chinese

		river	north
trad. (河北)		河	北
simp. #(河北)		河	北
anagram		北河
Literally: “north of the river”.

Etymology

“Hebei”

So named as it lies on the north of the Yellow River.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Héběi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ bak¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Hò-pet

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ho² bêd⁵

• Min Dong (BUC): Ò̤-báe̤k
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Hô-pak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ho⁵ bag⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): ³hhu-poq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Héběi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Héběi
    • Wade–Giles: Ho²-pei³
    • Yale: Hé-běi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Herbeei
    • Palladius: Хэбэй (Xɛbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ bak¹
    • Yale: hòh bāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ bak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ beg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ pɐk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hò-pet
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoˇ bed`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho² bed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ pet̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ho² bêd⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ pɛt̚¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ò̤-báe̤k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /o⁵³⁻²¹ ^(p-)βɔyʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-pak
    • Tâi-lô: Hô-pak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'pag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² pak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ pak̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ho⁵ bag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hô pak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pak̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ³hhu-poq
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦv̩ʷ²² pʊʔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɑ  pək̚/

Rime
Character	河	北
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	登 (131)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡歌切	博墨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑ/	/pək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑ/	/pək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑ/	/pək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦa/	/pək̚/
Li Rong	/ɣɑ/	/pək̚/
Wang Li	/ɣɑ/	/pək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑ/	/pək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hé	bo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho4	bak1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[C.ɡ]ˤaj  pˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːl  pɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	河	北
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hé	běi
Middle Chinese	‹ ha ›	‹ pok ›
Old Chinese	/*[C.ɡ]ˁaj/	/*pˁək/
English	river	north
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	河	北
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7459	414
Phonetic component	可	北
Rime group	歌	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	何	北
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːl/	/*pɯːɡ/

Proper noun

河北

1. (～省) Hebei (a province of China; capital: Shijiazhuang)
2. (～區) Hebei (a district of Tianjin, China)
3. (historical) region north of the Yellow River
4. (～市) Kahoku (a city in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan)

Coordinate terms

• 河東／河东 (Hédōng)
• 河西 (héxī)
• 河南 (Hénán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (河北):

• → Japanese: 河(か)北(ほく) (Kahoku)
• → Korean: 하북(河北) (Habuk)
• → Vietnamese: Hà Bắc (河北)

Others:

• → English: Hebei, Hopeh

Japanese

Kanji in this term
河	北
か Grade: 5	ほく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

河(か)北(ほく) • (Kahoku) 

1. Hebei (a province of China; capital: Shijiazhuang)
2. a place name, such as that of Kahoku Town in Yamagata Prefecture

Korean

Hanja in this term
河	北

Proper noun

河北 • (Habuk) (hangeul 하북)

1. Hanja form^? of 하북 (“Hebei”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
河	北

Proper noun

河北

1. chữ Hán form of Hà Bắc (“Hebei”).