西海

Chinese

		west	ocean; sea
simp. and trad. (西海)		西	海
anagram		海西

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ hoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sihǎi
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-hai³
    • Yale: Syī-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shihae
    • Palladius: Сихай (Sixaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ hoi²
    • Yale: sāi hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

Proper noun

西海

1. (～郡) a former commandery in the ancient Liang Province (涼州／凉州 (Liángzhōu)), located in the modern Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai, China
2. a lake in the Shichahai area of Beijing, China
3. (archaic) the Mediterranean Sea
4. (～市) Saikai (a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	海
さい Grade: 2	かい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
西海 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠ika̠i]

Proper noun

西(さい)海(かい) • (Saikai) 

1. Saikai (a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)