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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ghon-kheu₅

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• 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
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ghon-kheu₅
    • MiniDict: ghon^去 kheu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhon-kheu₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦoŋ²² kʰɤ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

虹口

1. (～區) Hongkou (a district of Shanghai, China)
2. (～港) Hongkou Creek (a river in Shanghai, China)

   Synonym: 洪口 (Hóngkǒu) (obsolete)

Descendants

• → English: Hongkew, Hongkou