呼和浩特

Chinese

		phonetic	nomadic camp, town or village in a Mongol-inhabited area
trad. (呼和浩特)		呼和	浩特
simp. #(呼和浩特)		呼和	浩特

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolian ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠬᠣᠲᠠ (kökeqota, literally “blue city”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hūhéhàotè

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨ ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄠˋ ㄊㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ wo⁴ hou⁶ dak⁶
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hou¹ hor² hor⁵ deh⁷
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ho͘-hô-hō-te̍k / Ho͘-hô-hō-tia̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hūhéhàotè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨ ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄠˋ ㄊㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huhéhàotè
    • Wade–Giles: Hu¹-ho²-hao⁴-tʻê⁴
    • Yale: Hū-hé-hàu-tè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Huherhawteh
    • Palladius: Хухэхаотэ (Xuxɛxaotɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵ xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹ wo⁴ hou⁶ dak⁶
    • Yale: fū wòh houh dahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ wo⁴ hou⁶ dak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ wo⁴ hou⁶ deg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ wɔː²¹ hou̯²² tɐk̚²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hou¹ hor² hor⁵ deh⁷ [Phonetic: hou⁵ hor⁵ hor⁵ deh⁷]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔu⁵³³⁻²¹ hɒ¹³⁻²¹ hɒ²¹ tɛʔ⁴/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hou¹ hor² hor⁵ deh⁷ [Phonetic: hou⁵ hor⁵ hor⁵ deh⁷]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔu⁵³³⁻²¹ hɒ¹³⁻²¹ hɒ²¹ tɛʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ho͘-hô-hō-te̍k
    • Tâi-lô: Hoo-hô-hō-ti̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ho'hoi'hoixdek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ho²⁴⁻²² ho²²⁻²¹ tiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ho¹³⁻²² ho²²⁻²¹ tiɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ho͘-hô-hō-tia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: Hoo-hô-hō-tia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ho'hoi'hoixdiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ³³ ho²⁴⁻²² ho⁴¹⁻²² tiak̚²⁴/

Proper noun

呼和浩特

1. (～市) Hohhot (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Inner Mongolia, China)

Synonyms

• (short) 呼市 (Hūshì)
• (old name) 歸綏／归绥 (Guīsuí)

Descendants

• → English: Huhehaote, Hu-ho-hao-t'e