# 河北
## Chinese

* 河北 (消歧義) (Written Standard Chinese)
* 河北 (搞清楚) (Cantonese)
* 河北 (Classical)
* 河北 (Gan)
* Hò-pet (Hakka)
* Ò̤-báe̤k (Eastern Min)
* Hô-pak (Southern Min)
* 河北 (Wu)

### Etymology
#### “Hebei”

    So named as it lies on the north of the Yellow River.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Héběi
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ho$^4$ bak$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): Hò-pet
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ho$^2$ bêd$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): Ò̤-báe̤k
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Hô-pak
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ho$^5$ bag$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$wu-poq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Héběi
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Héběi
*** Wade–Giles: Ho$^2$-pei$^3$
*** Yale: Hé-běi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Herbeei
*** Palladius: Хэбэй (Xɛbɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ho$^4$ bak$^1$
*** Yale: hòh bāk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ho$^4$ bak$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ho$^4$ beg$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔː²¹ pɐk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hò-pet
*** Hakka Romanization System: ho$^ˇ$ bed$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ho$^2$ bed$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ pet̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ho$^2$ bêd$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ pɛt̚¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Ò̤-báe̤k
*** Sinological IPA : /o⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(p-)}$βɔyʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-pak
*** Tâi-lô: Hô-pak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'pag
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² pak̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² pak̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ pak̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ pak̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ho$^5$ bag$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hô pak
*** Sinological IPA : /ho⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pak̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$wu-poq
*** MiniDict: wu$^去$ poh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhu-poq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² poʔ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: ha pok
Rime :
| Character | 河 | 北 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) | 德 (131) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 胡歌切 | 博墨切 |
| Baxter | ha | pok |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɑ/ | /pək̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦɑ/ | /pək̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɑ/ | /pək̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦa/ | /pək̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɑ/ | /pək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɑ/ | /pək̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣɑ/ | /pək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hé | bo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ho$^4$ | bak$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[C.ɡ]ˤaj pˤək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːl pɯːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 河 | 北 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hé | běi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ha › | ‹ pok › |
| Old Chinese | /*[C.ɡ]ˁaj/ | /*pˁək/ |
| English | river | north |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 河 | 北 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 7459 | 414 |
| Phonetic component | 可 | 北 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 何 | 北 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaːl/ | /*pɯːɡ/ |

### Proper noun

河北
* (～省) Hebei (a province in northern China)
* (～區) Hebei (a district of Tianjin, China)
* (historical) A geographic region north of the Yellow River in northern China
* (～市) Kahoku (a city in Ishikawa prefecture, Japan)

#### Coordinate terms

* 河東／河东 (Hédōng)
* 河西 (héxī)
* 河南 (Hénán)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 河(か)北(ほく) (Kahoku)
* → Korean: 하북(河北) (Habuk)
* → Vietnamese: Hà Bắc (河北)
Others:
* → English: Hebei, Hopeh

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 河 | 北 |
| か Grade: 5 | ほく Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Proper noun

河(か)北(ほく) • (Kahoku)
* Hebei (a province in northern China)
* a place name, such as that of Kahoku Town in Yamagata Prefecture

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 河 | 北 |

### Proper noun

河北 • (Habuk) (hangeul 하북)
* hanja form of 하북 : Hebei (a province in northern China)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 河 | 北 |

### Proper noun

河北
* chữ Hán form of Hà Bắc.: Hebei (a province in northern China)