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Chinese
Etymology
Borrowed from a dialectal Manchu word cognate with Standard Manchu ᡥᠠᠯᡶᡳᠶᠠᠨ (halfiyan, “flat”) (Huang, 2010). Compare /kʰɑlpin/ ("flat") in the Manchu dialect spoken in Dawujiazi (大五家子) of Aihui County (now in Heihe) (Wang, 2005).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
哈爾濱
- (~市) Harbin (a subprovincial city, provincial capital, and largest city in Heilongjiang, China)
哈爾濱的冰雕很有名。 [MSC, trad.]
哈尔滨的冰雕很有名。 [MSC, simp.]- Hā'ěrbīn de bīngdiāo hěn yǒumíng.
- Harbin's ice sculptures are very famous.
冬天的時候哈爾濱是冰天雪地。 [MSC, trad.]
冬天的时候哈尔滨是冰天雪地。 [MSC, simp.]- Dōngtiān de shíhou Hā'ěrbīn shì bīngtiānxuědì.
- During winter Harbin is a world of ice and snow.
Descendants
Japanese
Proper noun
哈爾濱 • (Harubin)
- Kyūjitai form of 哈爾浜: Harbin (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang, in northeastern China)
Vietnamese
Proper noun
哈爾濱
- chữ Hán form of Cáp Nhĩ Tân (“Harbin”).