北海

Chinese

		north	ocean; sea
trad. (北海)		北	海
simp. #(北海)		北	海
anagram		海北

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běihǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ hoi²
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): Pak-hái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běihǎi [Phonetic: béihǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běihǎi
    • Wade–Giles: Pei³-hai³
    • Yale: Běi-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeihae
    • Palladius: Бэйхай (Bɛjxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ hoi²
    • Yale: bāk hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-hái
    • Tâi-lô: Pak-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pakhae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ hai⁴¹/

Proper noun

北海

1. North Sea
2. Beihai, Beijing

   北海公園／北海公园  ―  Běihǎi Gōngyuán  ―  Beihai Park

3. (～市) Beihai (a prefecture-level city in Guangxi, China)
4. (historical) Kingdom of Beihai (west of present-day Changle County, Shandong)
5. Butterworth (a town in Penang, Malaysia)
6. Bohai Sea

Synonyms

• (Bohai Sea): 渤海 (Bó Hǎi)

Derived terms

• 北海道 (Běihǎidào)
• 挾泰山以超北海／挟泰山以超北海 (xié tàishān yǐ chāo běihǎi)

 

Descendants

• → English: Beihai, Pakhoi

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	海
ほく > ほっ Grade: 2	かい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
北海 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほっかい [hòkkáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞k̚ka̠i]

Noun

北(ほっ)海(かい) • (hokkai) ^{←ほくかい (fokukai)?}

1. northern sea

   Antonym: 南海 (nankai)

Proper noun

北(ほっ)海(かい) • (Hokkai) ^{←ほくかい (fokukai)?}

1. North Sea

See also

• 北(ほっ)海(かい)道(どう) (Hokkaidō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
北	海

Noun

北海 • (bukhae) (hangeul 북해)

1. Hanja form^? of 북해.