曉河

Chinese

		dawn; to know; to tell (sb sth)	river
trad. (曉河)		曉	河
simp. (晓河)		晓	河

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎohé

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu² ho⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎohé
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎohé
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-ho²
    • Yale: syǎu-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauher
    • Palladius: сяохэ (sjaoxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hiu² ho⁴
    • Yale: híu hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hiu² ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hiu² ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯³⁵ hɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xewX ha

Rime
Character	曉	河
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	馨皛切	胡歌切
Baxter	xewX	ha
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/heuX/	/ɦɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/heuX/	/ɦɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/xeuX/	/ɣɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛwX/	/ɦa/
Li Rong	/xeuX/	/ɣɑ/
Wang Li	/xieuX/	/ɣɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/xieuX/	/ɣɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎo	hé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hiu2	ho4

Noun

曉河

1. (literary) the Milky Way at dawn