河川

Chinese

		river	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (河川)		河	川

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): héchuān

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ cyun¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-chhôn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô-chhoan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: héchuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: héchuan
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-chʻuan¹
  - Yale: hé-chwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herchuan
  - Palladius: хэчуань (xɛčuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ cyun¹
  - Yale: hòh chyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ tsyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ qun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-chhôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˇ con^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho² con¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ t͡sʰon²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-chhoan
  - Tâi-lô: hô-tshuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoizhoafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/

Noun

河川

rivers

Japanese

Kanji in this term
河	川
か Grade: 5	せん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From 河 (ka, “river, large river”) +‎ 川 (sen, “river”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かせん [káꜜsèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ka̠sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

河(か)川(せん) • (kasen)

river; rivers

Synonyms

川(かわ) (kawa) (more often used in colloquial)

Derived terms

河川工学(かせんこうがく) (kasenkōgaku, “river engineering”)
河川敷(かせんしき) (kasenshiki, “riverbed”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
河	川

Noun

河川 • (hacheon) (hangeul 하천)

hanja form^? of 하천 (“river; rivers”)