夾河

Chinese

	hold between; clip; lined hold between; clip; lined; narrow lane; folder; to press from both sides; to place in between	river
trad. (夾河)	夾	河
simp. (夹河)	夹	河
anagram	河夾／河夹

Etymology

So named because the town is located at the intersection of the Jinqian River (金錢河) and Han River (漢江／汉江 (Hànjiāng)) which is between three mountains.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāhé, jiáhé

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄏㄜˊ, ㄐㄧㄚˊ ㄏㄜˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāhé
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄏㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiahé
  - Wade–Giles: chia¹-ho²
  - Yale: jyā-hé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaher
  - Palladius: цзяхэ (czjaxɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiáhé
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˊ ㄏㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiáhé
  - Wade–Giles: chia²-ho²
  - Yale: jyá-hé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyaher
  - Palladius: цзяхэ (czjaxɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

Proper noun

夾河

(～鎮) Jiahe (a town in Yunxi, Shiyan, Hubei, China)

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