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呼和浩特

呼和浩特

Chinese

			nomadic camp, town or village
simp. and trad. (呼和浩特)		呼和	浩特

Proper noun

呼和浩特

Hohhot (capital city of Inner Mongolia, China)

Etymology

From Mongolian ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠬᠣᠲᠠ ‎(kökeqota) / Хөх хот ‎(Höh hot, “Hohhot”), literally “blue city”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Hūhéhàotè

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄠˋ ㄊㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ wo⁴ hou⁶ dak⁶
Min Nan (POJ): Ho͘-hô-hō-tia̍k / Ho͘-hô-hō-te̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Hūhéhàotè
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄠˋ ㄊㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Huherhawteh
  - IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵ xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu¹ wo⁴ hou⁶ dak⁶
  - Yale: fū wòh houh dahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ wo⁴ hou⁶ dak⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ wɔː²¹ hou̯²² tɐk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ho͘-hô-hō-tia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: Hoo-hô-hō-tia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ho'hoi'hoixdiak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ³³ hɤ²⁴⁻²² hɤ⁴¹⁻²² tiak̚²⁴/
- (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 hɤ²⁴⁻²² hɤ²²⁻²¹ tiɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁴⁴⁻²² hɤ¹³⁻²² hɤ²²⁻²¹ tiɪk̚¹²¹/