Hebei

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• Ho-pei, Hopei (Wade-Giles)
• Hopeh (Postal Map spelling)

EtymologyEdit

Transliteration of Mandarin 河北 (Héběi), literally, "north of the (Yellow) River".

Proper nounEdit

Hebei

1. A northern province of the People's Republic of China.

TranslationsEdit

province of China

• Arabic: خِبِي‎‎ m (ḵibī), خِيبِي‎‎ m (ḵibī), هِيبِي‎‎ m (hibī)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 河北 (ho⁴ bak¹)

  Mandarin: 河北 (zh) (Héběi)

• Czech: Che-pej
• Finnish: Hebei
• Japanese: 河北 (かほく, Kahoku)
• Korean: 허베이 (Heobei)

• Lü: ᦷᦆᧉᦵᦗᦲᧉ (xo²peii²)
• Macedonian: Хебеј (Hébej)
• Marathi: हेपेइ (hepei)
• Russian: Хэбэ́й m (Xɛbɛ́j)
• Swedish: Hebei
• Vietnamese: Hà Bắc
• Zhuang: Hozbwz

Derived termsEdit

• hebeiensis

See alsoEdit

• Shijiazhuang