合肥

Chinese

		to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	fat; fertile; loose-fitting
trad. (合肥)		合	肥
simp. ^#(合肥)		合	肥

Etymology

Literally "confluence of the Fei". Named after the confluence of the South Fei River and the East Fei River (historically known as the Shi River and the Fei River). The Commentary on the Water Classic records: "The Shi joins the Fei, hence it is called Hefei" (施合於肥，故曰合肥).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Héféi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ fei⁴
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hab⁶ pi²
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hah⁷ hi² / hah⁷ bui²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ha̍p-pûi
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸gheq-vi₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Héféi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Héféi
  - Wade–Giles: Ho²-fei²
  - Yale: Hé-féi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Herfeir
  - Palladius: Хэфэй (Xɛfɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ feɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hap⁶ fei⁴
  - Yale: hahp fèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ fei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ féi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² fei̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hab⁶ pi²
  - Sinological IPA: /hap̚⁵ pʰi¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁷ hi² [Phonetic: hah⁶ hi²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Ha̍h-hí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ⁴⁻²¹ hi¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁷ hi² [Phonetic: hah⁶ hi²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ⁴⁻² hi²⁴/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁷ bui² [Phonetic: hah⁶ bui²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Ha̍h-búi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ⁴⁻²¹ pui¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁷ bui² [Phonetic: hah⁶ bui²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ⁴⁻² pui²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ha̍p-pûi
  - Tâi-lô: Ha̍p-puî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: habpuii
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hap̚⁴⁻³² pui²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hap̚²⁴⁻² pui²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pui¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hap̚⁴⁻³² pui²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hap̚⁴⁻³² pui²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸gheq-vi₆
  - MiniDict: gheh^入 vi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hheq-vi₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦəʔ¹¹ vi²³/

Proper noun

合肥

(～市) Hefei (a prefecture-level city, provincial capital, and largest city in Anhui, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
合	肥
ごう Grade: 2	ひ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Proper noun

合(ごう)肥(ひ) • (Gōhi)

Hefei (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Anhui, China)