綏芬河

See also: 绥芬河

Chinese

		phonetic	river
trad. (綏芬河)		綏芬	河
simp. (绥芬河)		绥芬	河

Etymology

From Manchu ᠰᡠᡳᡶᡠᠨ (suifun, “awl”) + 河 (hé, “river”), used since the Qing dynasty. Earlier names include 蘇濱水／苏滨水 attested in the History of Jin [1344].

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Suífēnhé, Suīfēnhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄣ ㄏㄜˊ, ㄙㄨㄟ ㄈㄣ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹ fan¹ ho⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Suífēnhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄣ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suéifenhé
    • Wade–Giles: sui²-fên¹-ho²
    • Yale: swéi-fēn-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sweifenher
    • Palladius: суйфэньхэ (sujfɛnʹxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯³⁵ fən⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Suīfēnhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟ ㄈㄣ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sueifenhé
    • Wade–Giles: sui¹-fên¹-ho²
    • Yale: swēi-fēn-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sueifenher
    • Palladius: суйфэньхэ (sujfɛnʹxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi¹ fan¹ ho⁴
    • Yale: sēui fān hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ fan¹ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ fen¹ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵ hɔː²¹/

Proper noun

綏芬河

1. Suifen River, Razdolnaya River (a river in China and Russia)
2. (～市) Suifenhe (a county-level city in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China)

Descendants

• → English: Sui-fen-ho, Suifenhe