呼和浩特

Chinese

	phonetic	phonetic
trad. (呼和浩特)	呼和	浩特
simp. ^#(呼和浩特)	呼和	浩特
alternative forms	厚和豪特 historical 庫庫和屯／库库和屯 historical

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolian ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠬᠣᠲᠠ (kökeqota, literally “blue city”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hūhéhàotè

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄠˋ ㄊㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ wo⁴ hou⁶ dak⁶
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hou¹ hor² hor⁵ deh⁷
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ho͘-hô-hō-te̍k / Ho͘-hô-hō-tia̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hūhéhàotè
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄠˋ ㄊㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Huhéhàotè
  - Wade–Giles: Hu¹-ho²-hao⁴-tʻê⁴
  - Yale: Hū-hé-hàu-tè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Huherhawteh
  - Palladius: Хухэхаотэ (Xuxɛxaotɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵ xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu¹ wo⁴ hou⁶ dak⁶
  - Yale: fū wòh houh dahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ wo⁴ hou⁶ dak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ wo⁴ hou⁶ deg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ wɔː²¹ hou̯²² tɐk̚²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hou¹ hor² hor⁵ deh⁷ [Phonetic: hou⁵ hor⁵ hor⁵ deh⁷]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Ho-hó̤-hō̤-de̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔu⁵³³⁻¹¹ hɒ¹³⁻¹¹ hɒ¹¹ tɛʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hou¹ hor² hor⁵ deh⁷ [Phonetic: hou⁵ hor⁵ hor⁵ deh⁷]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔu⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ hɒ²⁴⁻²¹ hɒ²¹ tɛʔ⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ho͘-hô-hō-te̍k
  - Tâi-lô: Hoo-hô-hō-ti̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ho'hoi'hoixdek
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ho²⁴⁻²² ho²²⁻²¹ tiɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ho¹³⁻²² ho²²⁻²¹ tiɪk̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ho͘-hô-hō-tia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: Hoo-hô-hō-tia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ho'hoi'hoixdiak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ³³ ho²⁴⁻²² ho⁴¹⁻²² tiak̚²⁴/

Proper noun

呼和浩特

(～市) Hohhot (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)

Synonyms

(short) 呼市 (Hūshì)
(old name) 歸綏／归绥 (Guīsuí)

Descendants

→ English: Huhehaote, Hu-ho-hao-t'e