填海

Chinese

		to fill in	ocean; sea
simp. and trad. (填海)		填	海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiánhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin⁴ hoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiánhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiánhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien²-hai³
    • Yale: tyán-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyanhae
    • Palladius: тяньхай (tjanʹxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin⁴ hoi²
    • Yale: tìhn hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin⁴ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin⁴ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/

Verb

填海

1. to fill up the ocean
2. to reclaim land

Derived terms

• 精衛填海／精卫填海 (jīngwèitiánhǎi)