Haikou

See also: Hai-k'ou

English

Alternative forms

• Hai-k'ou (Wade–Giles)
• Hoihow (Postal Romanization)

Etymology

From Mandarin 海口 (Hǎikǒu).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hīʹkōʹ

Proper noun

Haikou

1. The capital and most populous city of Hainan province, China; located on the north side of Hainan island.
   • 1993 March 25, Sheryl WuDunn, “Haikou Journal; For Treasure (and Pleasure), Their Special Island”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015, World‎^[2]:

     Hainan Island, of which Haikou is the capital, is a tropical province that China has proclaimed its newest and largest special economic zone. Partly because it is separated from the Chinese mainland by a 13-mile strip of water, the authorities give it special dispensation to stray from economic and social orthodoxy.

Translations

a city in China

• Arabic: هَايْكُو m (hāykū), خَايْكُو m (ḵāykū)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 海口 (hoi² hau²)

  Mandarin: 海口 (zh) (Hǎikǒu)

• Finnish: Haikou
• Hungarian: Hajkou (hu)
• Japanese: 海口 (ja) (かいこう, Kaikō)
• Korean: 하이커우 (Haikeou), 해구 (Haegu)
• Macedonian: Ха́јкоу n (Hájkou)
• Russian: Хайко́у (ru) m (Xajkóu)
• Vietnamese: Hải Khẩu
• Zhuang: Haijgouj

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Haikou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1214, column 1