老河口

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	river mouth; estuary
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

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

(～市) Laohekou (a county-level city of Xiangyang, Hubei, China)

Descendants

→ English: Laohekou, Lao-ho-k'ou