湖北

Chinese

		Dongting Lake	north
trad. (湖北)		湖	北
simp. #(湖北)		湖	北
anagram		北湖

Etymology

So named as it lies on the north of Lake Dongting.

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 湖北

1. (～省) Hubei (a province of China)

Synonyms

• (abbreviation) 鄂 (è)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (湖北):

• → Japanese: 湖(こ)北(ほく) (Kohoku)
• → Korean: 호북(湖北) (Hobuk)
• → Vietnamese: Hồ Bắc (湖北)

Others:

• → English: Hubei, Hupeh
• → Korean: 후베이 (Hubei)
• → Manchu: ᡥᡡᠪᡝ (hūbe)
• → Mongolian: ᠬᠤᠪᠧᠢ (qubēi)
• → Russian: Хубэ́й (Xubɛ́j)
• → Uyghur: خۇبېي (xubëy)
• → Zhuang: Huzbwz

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
湖	北
こ Grade: 3	ほく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Proper noun

湖(こ)北(ほく) • (Kohoku) 

1. Hubei

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Korean

Hanja in this term
湖	北

Proper noun

湖北 • (Hobuk) (hangeul 호북)

1. hanja form^? of 호북 (“Hubei”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
湖	北

Proper noun

湖北

1. chữ Hán form of Hồ Bắc (“Hubei”).