秋河

Chinese

		autumn; fall; harvest time autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing	river
trad. (秋河)		秋	河
simp. #(秋河)		秋	河

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiūhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹ ho⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiūhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciouhé
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹-ho²
    • Yale: chyōu-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiouher
    • Palladius: цюхэ (cjuxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau¹ ho⁴
    • Yale: chāu hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ hɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjuw ha

Rime
Character	秋	河
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	七由切	胡歌切
Baxter	tshjuw	ha
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨu/	/ɦɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiu/	/ɦɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiəu/	/ɣɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰuw/	/ɦa/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiu/	/ɣɑ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭəu/	/ɣɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ə̯u/	/ɣɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiū	hé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau1	ho4

Noun

秋河

1. (literary) Milky Way