合浦

Chinese

		to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	riverside; river mouth
simp. and trad. (合浦)		合	浦

Etymology

Officially, with the establishment of 合浦郡 (“Hepu commandery”) in 111 BCE.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hépǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄆㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ pou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hépǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄆㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hépǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Ho²-pʻu³
    • Yale: Hé-pǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Herpuu
    • Palladius: Хэпу (Xɛpu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap⁶ pou²
    • Yale: hahp póu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ pou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ pou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² pʰou̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hop phuX

Rime
Character	合	浦
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	合 (160)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	侯閤切	滂古切
Baxter	hop	phuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʌp̚/	/pʰuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦəp̚/	/pʰuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɒp̚/	/pʰoX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəp̚/	/pʰɔX/
Li Rong	/ɣᴀp̚/	/pʰoX/
Wang Li	/ɣɒp̚/	/pʰuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣăp̚/	/pʰuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hé	pǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hap6	pou2

Proper noun

合浦

1. (～縣) Hepu (a county of Beihai, Guangxi, China)

Derived terms

• 合浦珠還／合浦珠还 (hépǔzhūhuán)