哈爾濱

See also: 哈尔滨 and 哈爾浜

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (哈爾濱)		哈	爾	濱
simp. (哈尔滨)		哈	尔	滨

Etymology

Borrowed from a dialectal Manchu word cognate with Standard Manchu ᡥᠠᠯᡶᡳᠶᠠᠨ (halfiyan, “flat”) (Huang, 2010). Compare /kʰɑlpin/ ("flat") in the Manchu dialect spoken in Dawujiazi (大五家子) of Aihui County (now in Heihe) (Wang, 2005).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hā'ěrbīn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄚㄦˇ ㄅㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ ji⁵ ban¹
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hah⁷ zi³ bing¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hah-ní-pin / Hah-jíⁿ-pin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hā'ěrbīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄚㄦˇ ㄅㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Ha-ěrbin
  - Wade–Giles: Ha¹-êrh³-pin¹
  - Yale: Hā-ěr-bīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Haeelbin
  - Palladius: Хаэрбинь (Xaerbinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xä⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa¹ ji⁵ ban¹
  - Yale: hā yíh bān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹ ji⁵ ban¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha¹ yi⁵ ben¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː⁵⁵ jiː¹³ pɐn⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁷ zi³ bing¹ [Phonetic: hah⁶ zi² ing¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Ha̍h-cî-bing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ⁴⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ^(p-)iŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁷ zi³ bing¹ [Phonetic: hah⁶ zi² wing¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ⁴⁻² t͡si³³²⁻²⁴ ^(p-)βiŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hah-ní-pin
  - Tâi-lô: Hah-ní-pin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hahny'pyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ha(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ha(ʔ)⁵ nĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pin³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hah-jíⁿ-pin
  - Tâi-lô: Hah-jínn-pin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hahjvy'pyn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ha(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ d͡zĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pin⁴⁴/

Proper noun

哈爾濱

(～市) Harbin (a subprovincial city, provincial capital, and largest city in Heilongjiang, China)
哈爾濱的冰雕很有名。 [MSC, trad.]
哈尔滨的冰雕很有名。 [MSC, simp.]
Hā'ěrbīn de bīngdiāo hěn yǒumíng. [Pinyin]
Harbin's ice sculptures are very famous.

冬天的時候哈爾濱是冰天雪地。 [MSC, trad.]
冬天的时候哈尔滨是冰天雪地。 [MSC, simp.]
Dōngtiān de shíhou Hā'ěrbīn shì bīngtiānxuědì. [Pinyin]
During winter Harbin is a world of ice and snow.

Descendants

→ English: Ha'erbin, Haerbin, Ha-erh-pin, Ha-êrh-pin
→ Russian: Харби́н (Xarbín)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
哈	爾	濱
は Hyōgai	る Jinmeiyō	びん Hyōgai
irregular

Proper noun

哈爾濱(ハルビン) • (Harubin)

Kyūjitai form of 哈爾浜: Harbin (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang, in northeastern China)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
哈	爾	濱

Proper noun

哈爾濱

chữ Hán form of Cáp Nhĩ Tân (“Harbin”)