Etymology

Hebei

He·bei
H4E1B3E1I1

Today it means: A province in northern China. Capital: Shijiazhuang. Full definition →

Mandarin 河北
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from河北
  2. English todayHebei

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 河北 (Héběi, literally “north [of the] river”) referring to the Yellow River.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.