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河南
Mandarin · pinyin Hé nán
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2–2 · He2 nan2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ho4 naam4
Cantonese word readings for 河南. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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name
- (historical) Henan (region south of the lower reaches of the Yellow River)
- (～省) Henan (a province of China)
- (historical) (～地) region south of the upper reaches of the Yellow River, in today's Ordos Plateau and Hetao.
- Henan (an island and former district, now part of Haizhu District south of the old urban core of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
- (～省) Hà Nam (a former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025))
- (～縣, ～蒙古族自治縣) Henan (a Mongol autonomous county in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China)
- (～町) Kanan (a town in Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
- (～市) Hanam (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)
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