遼河

Chinese

		Liaoning; name of a dynasty	river
trad. (遼河)		遼	河
simp. (辽河)		辽	河

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Liáo Hé

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ ho⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Liâu-hô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Liáo Hé
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Liáo Hé
    • Wade–Giles: Liao² Ho²
    • Yale: Lyáu Hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liau Her
    • Palladius: Ляо Хэ (Ljao Xɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴ ho⁴
    • Yale: lìuh hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ hɔː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liâu-hô
    • Tâi-lô: Liâu-hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liau'hooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴⁻²² ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau²⁴⁻²² ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³⁻²² ho¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴⁻¹¹ ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³⁻³³ hɤ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: lew ha

Rime
Character	遼	河
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	落蕭切	胡歌切
Baxter	lew	ha
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/ɦɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/ɦɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/ɣɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/ɦa/
Li Rong	/leu/	/ɣɑ/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/ɣɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieu/	/ɣɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	hé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4	ho4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːw  ɡaːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	河
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hé
Middle Chinese	‹ ha ›
Old Chinese	/*[C.ɡ]ˁaj/
English	river
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	遼	河
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8090	7459
Phonetic component	尞	可
Rime group	宵	歌
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	聊	何
Old Chinese	/*reːw/	/*ɡaːl/

Proper noun

遼河

1. Liao River