# 銀河
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yínhé
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄜˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngan$^4$ ho$^4$
    (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): ngan$^4$ ho$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiùn-hò
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): gûn-hô / gîn-hô / gîrn-hô
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngeng$^5$ ho$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gnin-wu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yínhé
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yínhé
*** Wade–Giles: yin$^2$-ho$^2$
*** Yale: yín-hé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynher
*** Palladius: иньхэ (inʹxɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /in³⁵ xɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngan$^4$ ho$^4$
*** Yale: ngàhn hòh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngan$^4$ ho$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngen$^4$ ho$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɐn²¹ hɔː²¹/
** (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
*** Jyutping++: ngan$^4$ ho$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɐn⁴² hɔ⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiùn-hò
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngiun$^ˇ$ ho$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngiun$^2$ ho$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯un¹¹ ho¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Hsinchu)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûn-hô
*** Tâi-lô: gûn-hô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gunhooi
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡun²⁴⁻¹¹ ho²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ɡun²⁴⁻²² ho²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gîn-hô
*** Tâi-lô: gîn-hô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ginhooi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡin¹³⁻²² ho¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡin²³⁻³³ hɤ²³/
** (Hokkien: Sanxia)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gîrn-hô
*** Tâi-lô: gîrn-hô
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ngeng$^5$ ho$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngṳ̂ng hô
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ho⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gnin-wu
*** MiniDict: nyin$^去$ wu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nyin-hhu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲin²² ɦu⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: ngin ha
Rime :
| Character | 銀 | 河 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (44) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 語巾切 | 胡歌切 |
| Baxter | ngin | ha |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋˠiɪn/ | /ɦɑ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋᵚin/ | /ɦɑ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋien/ | /ɣɑ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋjin/ | /ɦa/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋjĕn/ | /ɣɑ/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋǐĕn/ | /ɣɑ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋi̯ĕn/ | /ɣɑ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yín | hé |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngan$^4$ | ho$^4$ |

### Proper noun

銀河
* (astronomy) Milky Way
    From: 8th century, Li Bai, 望廬山瀑布
    Fēiliú zhí xià sān qiān chǐ, yí shì yínhé luò jiǔtiān. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 雲漢, 銀河, 天河, 天漢, 星河, 星漢, 銀漢, 河漢, 雲河 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 銀河, 天河, 星河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 銀河, 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 銀河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 銀河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 銀河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 銀河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 銀河, 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 銀河, 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 銀河, 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 天河, 銀河, 牛郎織女河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 銀河, 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 銀河, 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 銀河, 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 銀河 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 天河 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 銀河, 天河 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 天河 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Xianxian | 天河 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 天河 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 天河 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 天河 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 天河 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 天河 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 銀河, 天河 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 天河 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 天河 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 天河 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 天河, 銀河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 銀河, 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 銀河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 銀河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 銀河, 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Qimen (Anling; Junhua) | 天河, 銀河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 天河 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 銀河, 天河 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 銀河 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 銀河, 天河 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 天河 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 天河 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 天河, 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 天河, 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanbu | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 天河, 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 天河, 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangzhou (Nalu) | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yongzhou | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Oudomxay | 天河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 天河, 銀河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 天河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 天河, 黃河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 黃河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 天河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 天河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 天河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 天河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 天河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 銀河, 天河 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 銀河, 天河 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 銀河, 天河 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Sam Mun Tsai; Tanka) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 河溪 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 河溪路 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 銀河, 天河, 河 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 河溪 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 天河, 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 天河, 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 天河, 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 天河, 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 銀河, 天河 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 穀河, 米河 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 銀河, 天河 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 銀河, 天河 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 銀河, 天河 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 銀河, 天河 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 銀河 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 天河 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 天河 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 天河, 銀河 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 天河, 河溪, 銀河 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 銀河, 河溪 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 天河, 河路 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Jiexi (Huizhai) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Pinghe (Jiufeng) | 河溪 |
| Hakka | Changting | 河溪 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 河溪 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 河溪 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 天河 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 河軒, 天河 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 天河 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 河溪 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 天河 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 銀河, 河溪 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 河溪 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 天河, 河溪, 河漢, 銀河 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 天河, 銀河 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 天河, 河溪, 河漢, 銀河 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 河溪 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 天河, 河溪, 銀河 |
| Hakka | Nantou (Guoxing; Lufeng) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 天河 |
| Hakka | Fumian (Xisha, Xinqiao) | 穀河米河 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 穀行 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Sihe, Hengshan) | 穀河米河 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Cuntou, Xintian) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Mumian, Xilang) | 穀米河 |
| Hakka | Xingye (Gaofeng) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Rongxian (Xiandi) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Binyang (Wangling) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Lipu (Shuangduitun) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Lipu (Dashigu) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Tianlin (Gaolong) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 銀河, 夕陽風 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 銀河 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 天河 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 天河 |
| Huizhou | Qimen (Anling; Minhua) | 天河 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 銀河 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 天河 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang (Ehu) | 紅河 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 銀河 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 天河 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 天河 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 天河 |
| Jin | Datong | 天河 |
| Jin | Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) | 天河 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 天河 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 天河 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 天河 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 天河 |
| Jin | Linhe | 天河 |
| Jin | Jining | 天河 |
| Jin | Liangcheng | 天河 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 銀河, 天河 |
| Jin | Baotou | 天河 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 銀河 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 天河 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 天河 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 天河 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 天河 |
| Jin | Handan | 天河 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 天河 |
| Jin | Suide | 銀河, 天河 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 天河 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 天河 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 河溪 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 天河 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 河溪 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 天河 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 天河, 河溪 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 天河, 橫街, 河溪 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 河溪 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 天河, 銀河 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 銀河 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 天河, 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 雨溪 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 天河, 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 天河, 河溪, 銀溪 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 河溪, 天河 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 河坑, 河溪 rural |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 河溪, 銀河 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 河溪, 天河 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 河溪, 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 河溪, 天河 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 河溪, 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 星河, 天河 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Miaoli (Houlong) | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 河溪, 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Sijie) | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Pingle (Zhoutang) | 天溪, 銀溪 |
| Southern Min | Lechang (Tatou) | 天河 |
| Southern Min | Yingde (Yuzui) | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Yunan (Liantan) | 天河 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 天河, 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Hong Kong (Yuen Chau Tsai) | 天河 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 後溪 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 銀河 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 河溪 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 河溪 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 霞溪 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 天河 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 河溪道 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 銀河 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 銀河 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Sucun) | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang | 天河 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 銀河 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 天河 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 銀河, 天河 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 天河 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 天河 |
| Wu | Danyang | 天河 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 天河, 銀河 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 天河 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 天河 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 橫河 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 天河, 河路 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 天河 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang (Meiqiao) | 銀河 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 天河 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 天河 |
| Xiang | Hengshan (Baiguo) | 銀河 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 銀河 |
| Xiang | Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) | 天河 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 旱每 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 銀河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 糶米路 |

#### Derived terms

* 銀河倒瀉 / 银河倒泻
* 銀河坐標 / 银河坐标
* 銀河清淺 / 银河清浅
* 銀河系 / 银河系 (Yínhéxì)
* 銀河聯邦 / 银河联邦 (Yínhé Liánbāng)
* 銀河落九天 / 银河落九天 (yínhé luò jiǔtiān)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 銀(ぎん)河(が) (ginga)
* → Korean: 은하(銀河) (eunha)
* → Vietnamese: Ngân Hà (銀河)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 銀 | 河 |
| ぎん Grade: 3 | か > が Grade: 5 |
| kan'on ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 銀河 (MC ngin ha). Literally “silvery river”, compare the visual analogy inherent in English Milky Way.
First cited to the 751 poetry anthology 懐風藻 (Kaifūsō).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぎんが [gíꜜǹgà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɡʲĩŋɡa̠]

### Proper noun

銀(ぎん)河(が) • (Ginga)
* (astronomy) Synonym of 銀河系 (Gingakei, “Milky Way”): the Galaxy
** 1987 May 1 [1987 March 20], Fujiko Fujio, “老(ろう)年(ねん)期(き)の終(おわ)り [The End of Old Age]”, in みどりの守り神 [Green Guardian God] (藤子不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 2), 2nd edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第二章, page 528:
    ついにぼくはやりとげたんだ‼お母(かあ)さん！地(ち)球(きゅう)のみんな‼銀(ぎん)河(が)の中(ちゅう)心(しん)までたどり着(つ)きましたよ‼
       Tsui ni boku wa yaritogeta n da‼ Okāsan! Chikyū no minna‼ Ginga no chūshin made tadoritsukimashita yo‼
       I’ve finally done it!! Mother! Everyone on Earth!! I’ve reached the center of the Galaxy!!

### Noun

銀(ぎん)河(が) • (ginga)
* (astronomy) a galaxy

#### Derived terms

* 銀(ぎん)河(が)群(ぐん) (gingagun)
* 銀(ぎん)河(が)系(けい) (Gingakei)
* 銀(ぎん)河(が)団(だん) (gingadan)
* 銀(ぎん)河(が)フィラメント (ginga firamento)
* 青(あお)色(いろ)コンパクト矮(わい)小(しょう)銀(ぎん)河(が) (aoiro konpakuto waishō ginga)
* 天(あま)の川(がわ)銀(ぎん)河(が) (Amanogawa Ginga)
* 暗(あん)黒(こく)銀(ぎん)河(が) (ankoku ginga)
* 渦(うず)巻(まき)銀(ぎん)河(が) (uzumaki ginga)
* グランドデザイン渦(うず)巻(まき)銀(ぎん)河(が) (gurando dezain uzumaki ginga)
* 原(げん)始(し)銀(ぎん)河(が) (genshi ginga)
* 楕(だ)円(えん)銀(ぎん)河(が) (daen ginga)
* 超(ちょう)銀(ぎん)河(が)団(だん) (chōgingadan)
* 電(でん)波(ぱ)銀(ぎん)河(が) (denpa ginga)
* 散(さん)在(ざい)銀(ぎん)河(が) (sanzai ginga)
* スターバースト銀(ぎん)河(が) (sutābāsuto ginga)
* セイファート銀(ぎん)河(が) (Seifāto ginga)
* 相(そう)互(ご)作(さ)用(よう)銀(ぎん)河(が) (sōgo sayō ginga)
* 非(ひ)棒(ぼう)状(じょう)渦(うず)巻(まき)銀(ぎん)河(が) (hibōjō uzumaki ginga)
* 非(ひ)棒(ぼう)状(じょう)レンズ状(じょう)銀(ぎん)河(が) (hibōjō renzu-jō ginga)
* 不(ふ)規(き)則(そく)銀(ぎん)河(が) (fukisoku ginga)
* ボイド銀(ぎん)河(が) (boido ginga)
* 棒(ぼう)渦(うず)巻(まき)銀(ぎん)河(が) (bōuzumaki ginga)
* 棒(ぼう)状(じょう)レンズ状(じょう)銀(ぎん)河(が) (bōjō renzu-jō ginga)
* マゼラン渦(うず)巻(まき)銀(ぎん)河(が) (mazeran uzumaki ginga)
* モンスター銀(ぎん)河(が) (monsutā ginga)
* レンズ状(じょう)銀(ぎん)河(が) (renzu-jō ginga)
* 矮(わい)小(しょう)渦(うず)巻(まき)銀(ぎん)河(が) (waishō uzumaki ginga)
* 矮(わい)小(しょう)銀(ぎん)河(が) (waishō ginga)
* 矮(わい)小(しょう)楕(だ)円(えん)銀(ぎん)河(が) (waishō daen ginga)

### References

* ↑ “銀河”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 銀 | 河 |

### Noun

銀河 • (eunha) (hangeul 은하)
* hanja form of 은하 (“galaxy”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 銀 | 河 |

### Proper noun

銀河
* chữ Hán form of Ngân Hà (“Milky Way”).