海口

Chinese

		ocean; sea	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (海口)		海	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎikǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hoi² hau²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hoi² heu²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hói-khiéu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hoi³ kêu³

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hai³ kao³ / hai³ kieo³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-kháu
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵he-kheu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎikǒu [Phonetic: háikǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎikǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-kʻou³
    • Yale: hǎi-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haekoou
    • Palladius: хайкоу (xajkou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² hau²
    • Yale: hói háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hoi² heu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hᵘɔi⁵⁵ heu⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-khiéu
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoi^ˋ kieu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hoi³ kieu³
    • Sinological IPA: /hoi̯³¹ kʰi̯eu̯³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hoi³ kêu³
    • Sinological IPA: /hoɪ³¹ kʰeu³¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hai³ kao³ [Phonetic: hai⁵ ao³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Hâi-kâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai⁴⁵³⁻²¹ ^(kʰ-)au⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hai³ kao³ [Phonetic: hai⁵ ao³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai³³²⁻²¹ ^(kʰ-)au³³²/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hai³ kieo³ [Phonetic: hai⁵ kieo³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai⁴⁵³⁻²¹ kʰieu⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hai³ kieo³ [Phonetic: hai⁵ kieo³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai³³²⁻²¹ kʰieu³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: hái-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hay'qao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵he-kheu
    • MiniDict: he^去 kheu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²he-kheu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /he³³ kʰɤ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xojX khuwX

Rime
Character	海	口
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	呼改切	苦后切
Baxter	xojX	khuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʌiX/	/kʰəuX/
Pan Wuyun	/həiX/	/kʰəuX/
Shao Rongfen	/xɒiX/	/kʰəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/həjX/	/kʰəwX/
Li Rong	/xᴀiX/	/kʰuX/
Wang Li	/xɒiX/	/kʰəuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xɑ̆iX/	/kʰə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hǎi	kǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoi2	hau2

Noun

海口

1. mouth of a river; estuary
2. (obsolete) border
3. seaport
4. (Southern Min) coastal area
5. (figurative) big, deep mouth
6. (figurative) boast; brag

Derived terms

• 海口腔 (Hǎikǒuqiāng)

 

Proper noun

海口

1. (～市) Haikou (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Hainan, China)

Descendants

• → English: Haikou, Hai-k'ou, Hoihow

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	口
かい Grade: 2	こう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
海口 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

海(かい)口(こう) • (Kaikō) 

1. Haikou (the capital city of Hainan, China)