河內

See also: 河内

Chinese

	river	inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior
trad. (河內)	河	內
simp. (河内)	河	内
anagram	內河／内河

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河內 / 河内

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hénèi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄋㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ noi⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Hô-lǎi / Hô-lāi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ho⁵ lai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hénèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄋㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Hénèi
  - Wade–Giles: Ho²-nei⁴
  - Yale: Hé-nèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Herney
  - Palladius: Хэнэй (Xɛnɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ neɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ noi⁶
  - Yale: hòh noih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ noi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ noi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ nɔːi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-lǎi
  - Tâi-lô: Hô-lǎi
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² lai²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-lāi
  - Tâi-lô: Hô-lāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoilai
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ lai³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ lai³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² lai²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² lai²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ho⁵ lai⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hô lăi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lai³⁵/

Etymology 1

From Vietnamese Hà Nội, from Chinese 河內 / 河内 (Hénèi). Literally inside the rivers, so named because it is located 'inside' the Red River.

Proper noun

河內

Hanoi, the capital city of Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Province-level divisions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Chinese (layout · text)
Municipalities — 中央直轄市 / 中央直辖市: 芹苴 (Qínjū) · 峴港 / 岘港 (Xiàngǎng) · 河內 / 河内 (Hénèi) · 海防 (Hǎifáng) · 順化 / 顺化 (Shùnhuà) · 胡志明市 (Hú Zhìmíng Shì)
Provinces — 省: 安江 (Ānjiāng) · 北寧 / 北宁 (Běiníng) · 金甌 / 金瓯 (Jīn'ōu) · 高平 (Gāopíng) · 多樂 / 多乐 (Duōlè) · 奠邊 / 奠边 (Diànbiān) · 同奈 (Tóngnài) · 同塔 (Tóngtǎ) · 嘉萊 / 嘉莱 (Jiālái) · 河靜 / 河静 (Héjìng) · 興安 / 兴安 (Xīng'ān) · 慶和 / 庆和 (Qìnghé) · 萊州 / 莱州 (Láizhōu) · 諒山 / 谅山 (Liàngshān) · 老街 (Lǎojiē) · 林同 (Líntóng) · 乂安 (Yì'ān) · 寧平 / 宁平 (Níngpíng) · 富壽 / 富寿 (Fùshòu) · 廣義 / 广义 (Guǎngyì) · 廣寧 / 广宁 (Guǎngníng) · 廣治 / 广治 (Guǎngzhì) · 山羅 / 山罗 (Shānluó) · 西寧 / 西宁 (Xīníng) · 太原 (Tàiyuán) · 清化 (Qīnghuà) · 宣光 (Xuānguāng) · 永隆 (Yǒnglóng)

Etymology 2

The commandery was established in the Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD), and was so named on account of it being to the north of the Yellow River, however the approximate region may be attestable in pre-Qin texts (before 221 BC).

Proper noun

河內

(historical) Henei (region just north of the lower reaches of the Yellow River and southeast of Taihang Mountains)
Coordinate term: 河外 (Héwài)

河內郡／河内郡 ― hénèi jùn ― Henei Commandery (in present day Jiaozuo, Henan)
- c. 4th century BCE, 孟子 [Mencius], 孟子 [Mencius]:
  
  河內兇，則移其民於河東。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  河内凶，则移其民于河东。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Hénèi xiōng, zé yí qí mín yú Hédōng. [Pinyin]
  If the harvest fails in Henei, then (I) move its people to Hedong.

Coordinate terms

河中 (Hézhōng)
河外 (Héwài)
河東／河东 (Hédōng)
河西 (héxī)
河南 (Hénán)
河北 (Héběi)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
河	內

Proper noun

河內

chữ Hán form of Hà Nội (“Hanoi”)

References

Văn Mới (1954)