歸綏

Chinese

		to go back; to return	pacify
trad. (歸綏)		歸	綏
simp. (归绥)		归	绥

Etymology

As the name of the city now called Hohhot, from 歸化／归化 (Guīhuà) + 綏遠／绥远 (Suíyuǎn), the names of the two towns that merged to form Guisui in 1913.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Guīsuí, Guīsuī

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟㄙㄨㄟˊ, ㄍㄨㄟㄙㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ seoi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Guīsuí
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟㄙㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Gueisuéi
  - Wade–Giles: Kuei¹-sui²
  - Yale: Gwēi-swéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gueiswei
  - Palladius: Гуйсуй (Gujsuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Guīsuī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟㄙㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Gueisuei
  - Wade–Giles: Kuei¹-sui¹
  - Yale: Gwēi-swēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gueisuei
  - Palladius: Гуйсуй (Gujsuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai¹ seoi¹
  - Yale: gwāi sēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ soey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ sêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

歸綏

(～縣, ～市) Guisui (a former county and city in Suiyuan province, China; now Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China)

Synonyms

呼和浩特 (Hūhéhàotè)

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