河口

Chinese

		river	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (河口)		河	口

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hékǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ hau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hékǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herkoou
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ hau²
  - Yale: hòh háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ heo²
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ hɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

河口

river mouth; river outlet

Synonyms

出海口 (chūhǎikǒu)
入海口 (rùhǎikǒu)

Derived terms

河口英語／河口英语 (Hékǒu Yīngyǔ)

老河口 (Lǎohékǒu)

Proper noun

河口

(～瑤族自治縣, ～縣) Hekou Yao Autonomous County (county in Yunnan province, China)
(～區) Hekou District (district in Dongying, Shandong province, China)
(～鄉) Hekou (a township in Yuan'an, Yichang, Hubei, China)
name of several towns, townships, subdistricts and villages in China

Japanese

Kanji in this term
河	口
か Grade: 5	こう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 河 (“a river”) + 口 (“a mouth”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かこー [kàkóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ko̞ː]

Noun

河口 (hiragana かこう, rōmaji kakō)

the mouth of a river, an estuary

References

Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.

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