河伯

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Chinese

		river	father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address
simp. and trad. (河伯)		河	伯

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河伯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hébó

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ baak³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hébó
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Hébó
  - Wade–Giles: Ho²-po²
  - Yale: Hé-bwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Herbor
  - Palladius: Хэбо (Xɛbo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ baak³
  - Yale: hòh baak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ baak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ bag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ paːk̚³/

Proper noun

河伯

(Chinese mythology) Hebo (god of the Yellow River)

Synonyms

河神 (Héshén)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (河伯):

→ Japanese: 河(か)伯(はく) (Kahaku)
→ Korean: 하백(河伯) (Habaek)
→ Vietnamese: Hà Bá (河伯)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
河	伯
か Grade: 5	はく Grade: S
kan’on

河伯 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From Chinese 河伯 (Hébó).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かはく (Heiban – )
(Tokyo) かはく (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Proper noun

河(か)伯(はく) • (Kahaku)

(Chinese mythology) Hebo

Noun

河(か)伯(はく) • (kahaku)

(Japanese mythology) Synonym of 河童 (kappa)

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