老河口

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	river mouth; estuary; Hekou Yao Autonomous County
trad. (老河口)		老	河口
simp. #(老河口)		老	河口

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lǎohékǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ ho⁴ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lǎohékǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lǎohékǒu
    • Wade–Giles: Lao³-ho²-kʻou³
    • Yale: Lǎu-hé-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Laoherkoou
    • Palladius: Лаохэкоу (Laoxɛkou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ ho⁴ hau²
    • Yale: lóuh hòh háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ ho⁴ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ ho⁴ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ hɔː²¹ hɐu̯³⁵/

Proper noun

老河口

1. (～市) Laohekou (a county-level city in Xiangyang, Hubei, China)

Descendants

• → English: Laohekou, Lao-ho-k'ou