河谷

Chinese

		river	valley
simp. and trad. (河谷)		河	谷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hégǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ guk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô-kok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hégǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hégǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-ku³
    • Yale: hé-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herguu
    • Palladius: хэгу (xɛgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ guk¹
    • Yale: hòh gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ kʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-kok
    • Tâi-lô: hô-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'kog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² kɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/

Noun

河谷

1. river valley

Usage notes

In Chinese, 谷地 (gǔdì) is an umbrella term that can refer to any kind of valley; to be more specific, use the terms 山谷 (shāngǔ), 河谷 (hégǔ) and 低谷 (dīgǔ) to refer to mountain valleys, river valleys and low-lying valleys respectively.

See also

• 低谷 (dīgǔ)
• 谷地 (gǔdì)
• 山谷 (shāngǔ)