See also: 海峡

Chinese

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ocean; sea gorge
trad. (海峽)
simp. (海峡)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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海峽

  1. strait; channel
    海峽殖民地海峡殖民地  ―  Hǎixiá Zhímíndì  ―  Straits Settlements
  2. Short for 臺灣海峽台湾海峡 (Táiwān Hǎixiá, “Taiwan Strait”).
    海峽兩岸海峡两岸  ―  hǎixiá liǎng'àn  ―  both sides of the Taiwan Strait

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (海峽):
  • Japanese: 海峡(かいきょう) (kaikyō)
  • Korean: 해협(海峽) (haehyeop)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 2
きょう
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 海峽 – see the following entry.
海峡かいきょう
[noun] strait, channel
(This term, 海峽, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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海峽 (haehyeop) (hangeul 해협)

  1. hanja form? of 해협 (strait, channel)