[Zhang Fei]

“Xiaohe” How the heck is that pronounced? Who comes up with these letters? Why don’t they just spell them roughly phonetically? Is this an attempt to make them look exotic? I don’t get it.

"She-ow" pronounced as a single syllable, following by "her", but with a silent "r".

[SuzyQue]

Thank you both, and you proved my point. You were able to spell it (roughly) phonetically and usefully. “Xiaohe” is a meaningless combination of letters that give little clue as to how it should be pronounced.