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.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Húběi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄅㄟˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wu⁴ bak¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): vu³ bak²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Fù-pet

(Hailu, HRS): fu bed

(Meixian, Guangdong): fu² bêd⁵
Eastern Min (BUC): Hù-báe̤k
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hou² bah⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Ô͘-pak

(Teochew, Peng'im): ou⁵ bag⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶wu-poq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Húběi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄅㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Húběi
  - Wade–Giles: Hu²-pei³
  - Yale: Hú-běi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwubeei
  - Palladius: Хубэй (Xubɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu⁴ bak¹
  - Yale: wùh bāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ bak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ beg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ pɐk̚⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: vu³ bak²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vu²² pak̚⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fù-pet
  - Hakka Romanization System: fu^ˇ bed^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fu² bed⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ pet̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fu bed
  - Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵ pet⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fu² bêd⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ pɛt̚¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Hù-báe̤k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵³⁻²¹ ^(p-)βɔyʔ²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hou² bah⁶ [Phonetic: hou⁴ bah⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Hó-bah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔu¹³⁻⁴² paʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hou² bah⁶ [Phonetic: hou⁴ bah⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔu²⁴⁻⁴² paʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ô͘-pak
  - Tâi-lô: Ôo-pak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: o'pag
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ²⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ²⁴⁻²² pak̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ¹³⁻²² pak̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ pak̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ²³⁻³³ pak̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ou⁵ bag⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ôu pak
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pak̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶wu-poq
  - MiniDict: wu^去 poh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-poq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² poʔ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

湖北

(～省) Hubei (a province in central China)

Synonyms

(abbreviation) 鄂 (è)

Coordinate terms

湖西 (Húxī)
湖南 (Húnán)

Derived terms

湖北口 (Húběikǒu)
湖北口回族鄉 / 湖北口回族乡 (Húběikǒu Huízú Xiāng)

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

Japanese

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

Proper noun

湖(こ)北(ほく) • (Kohoku)

Hubei (a province in central China)

Korean

Hanja in this term
湖	北

Proper noun

湖北 • (Hobuk) (hangeul 호북)

hanja form^? of 호북 : Hubei (a province in central China)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
湖	北

Proper noun

湖北

chữ Hán form of Hồ Bắc: Hubei (a province in central China)