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

(Hailu, HRS): ho bed

(Meixian, Guangdong): ho² bêd⁵
Eastern Min (BUC): Ò̤-báe̤k
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hor² bah⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Hô-pak

(Teochew, Peng'im): ho⁵ bag⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶wu-poq

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hò-pet
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˇ bed^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho² bed⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ pet̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho bed
  - Sinological IPA: /ho⁵⁵ pet⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ho² bêd⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ pɛt̚¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Ò̤-báe̤k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /o⁵³⁻²¹ ^(p-)βɔyʔ²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hor² bah⁶ [Phonetic: hor⁴ bah⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Hó̤-bah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒ¹³⁻⁴² paʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hor² bah⁶ [Phonetic: hor⁴ bah⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒ²⁴⁻⁴² paʔ²/
Southern Min
- (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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶wu-poq
  - MiniDict: wu^去 poh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-poq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² poʔ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: ha pok

Rime
Character	河	北
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡歌切	博墨切
Baxter	ha	pok
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/
Bernhard 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

(～省) Hebei (a province in northern China)
(～區) Hebei (a district of Tianjin, China)
(historical) a geographic region north of the Yellow River in northern China
(～市) Kahoku (a city in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan)
(～町) Kahoku (a town in Yamagata 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)

Hebei (a province in northern China)
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)

hanja form^? of 하북 : Hebei (a province in northern China)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
河	北

Proper noun

河北

chữ Hán form of Hà Bắc: Hebei (a province in northern China)