# 海口
## Chinese

* 海口 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 海口 (Cantonese)
* 海口 (Classical)
* Hói-khiéu-sṳ (Hakka)
* Hāi-kāu (Eastern Min)
* Hái-kháu-chhī (Southern Min)
* 海口 (Wu)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hǎikǒu
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄡˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hoi$^2$ hau$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hoi$^2$ heu$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hói-khiéu
    (Hailu, HRS): hoi$^ˊ$ kieu$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hoi$^3$ kêu$^3$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hai$^3$ kao$^3$ / hai$^3$ kieo$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-kháu
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$he-kheu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǎikǒu [Phonetic: háikǒu]
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǎikǒu
*** Wade–Giles: hai$^3$-kʻou$^3$
*** Yale: hǎi-kǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haekoou
*** Palladius: хайкоу (xajkou)
*** Sinological IPA : /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hoi$^2$ hau$^2$
*** Yale: hói háu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hoi$^2$ hau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hoi$^2$ heo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːi̯³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hoi$^2$ heu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hᵘɔi⁵⁵ heu⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-khiéu
*** Hakka Romanization System: hoi$^ˋ$ kieu$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hoi$^3$ kieu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /hoi̯³¹ kʰi̯eu̯³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: hoi$^ˊ$ kieu$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /hoi²⁴⁻³³ kʰieu²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hoi$^3$ kêu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /hoɪ³¹ kʰeu³¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hai$^3$ kao$^3$ [Phonetic: hai$^5$ ao$^3$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hâi-kâu
*** Sinological IPA : /hai⁴⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(kʰ-)}$au⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hai$^3$ kao$^3$ [Phonetic: hai$^5$ ao$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /hai³³²⁻²¹ $^{(kʰ-)}$au³³²/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hai$^3$ kieo$^3$ [Phonetic: hai$^5$ kieo$^3$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hâi-kâ̤u
*** Sinological IPA : /hai⁴⁵³⁻²¹ kʰieu⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hai$^3$ kieo$^3$ [Phonetic: hai$^5$ kieo$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /hai³³²⁻²¹ kʰieu³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-kháu
*** Tâi-lô: hái-kháu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hay'qao
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁴¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$he-kheu
*** MiniDict: he$^去$ kheu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$he-kheu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /he³³ kʰɤ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: xojX khuwX
Rime :
| Character | 海 | 口 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 咍 (41) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 呼改切 | 苦后切 |
| Baxter | xojX | khuwX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hʌi$^X$/ | /kʰəu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /həi$^X$/ | /kʰəu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xɒi$^X$/ | /kʰəu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /həj$^X$/ | /kʰəw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /xᴀi$^X$/ | /kʰu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /xɒi$^X$/ | /kʰəu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xɑ̆i$^X$/ | /kʰə̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hǎi | kǒu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hoi$^2$ | hau$^2$ |

### Noun

海口
* mouth of a river; estuary
* (obsolete) border
* seaport
* (Southern Min) coastal area
* (figurative) big, deep mouth
* (figurative) boast; brag

#### Derived terms

* 海口腔 (Hǎikǒuqiāng)

### Proper noun

海口
* (～市) Haikou (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Hainan, China)

#### Descendants

* → English: Haikou, Hai-k'ou, Hoihow

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 海 | 口 |
| かい Grade: 2 | こう Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 海口 (kyūjitai)

### Proper noun

海(かい)口(こう) • (Kaikō)
* Haikou (the capital city of Hainan, China)