海事

Chinese

		ocean; sea	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (海事)		海	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎishì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎishì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎishìh
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-shih⁴
    • Yale: hǎi-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeshyh
    • Palladius: хайши (xajši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² si⁶
    • Yale: hói sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-sū
    • Tâi-lô: hái-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haysu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/

Noun

海事

1. maritime affairs
2. accident at sea

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	事
かい Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
海事 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 海(かい) (kai, “sea; marine”) + 事(じ) (ji, “affair; matter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠iʑi]

Noun

海(かい)事(じ) • (kaiji) 

1. maritime affairs