虹口

Chinese

		rainbow	mouth
simp. and trad. (虹口)		虹	口

Etymology

A variation of earlier 洪口 (Hóngkǒu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hóngkǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ hau²
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶ghon-kheu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hóngkǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Hóngkǒu
  - Wade–Giles: Hung²-kʻou³
  - Yale: Húng-kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Horngkoou
  - Palladius: Хункоу (Xunkou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ hau²
  - Yale: hùhng háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ hɐu̯³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶ghon-kheu
  - MiniDict: ghon^去 kheu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhon-kheu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦoŋ²² kʰɤ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

虹口

(～區) Hongkou (a district of Shanghai, China)
(～港) Hongkou Creek (a river in Shanghai, China)
Synonym: 洪口 (Hóngkǒu) (obsolete)

Descendants

→ English: Hongkew, Hongkou

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