Hebei

English

Alternative forms

Ho-pei (Wade-Giles)
Hopeh (Postal Map spelling)

Etymology

Transliteration of Mandarin 河北 (Héběi), literally, "north of the (Yellow) River".

Proper noun

Hebei

A northern province of the People's Republic of China.

Translations

province of China

Arabic: خِبِي‎‎ m (ḵibī), خِيبِي‎‎ m (ḵibī), هِيبِي‎‎ m (hibī)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 河北 (ho⁴ bak¹)

Mandarin: 河北 (zh) (Héběi)
Czech: Che-pej
Finnish: Hebei
Japanese: 河北 (かほく, Kahoku)
Korean: 허베이 (Heobei)

Lü: ᦷᦆᧉᦵᦗᦲᧉ (xo²peii²)
Macedonian: Хебеј (Hébej)
Marathi: हेपेइ (hepei)
Russian: Хэбэ́й m (Xɛbɛ́j)
Swedish: Hebei
Vietnamese: Hà Bắc
Zhuang: Hozbwz

Derived terms

hebeiensis

See also

Shijiazhuang

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