北極海

Chinese

		the North Pole	ocean; sea
trad. (北極海)		北極	海
simp. (北极海)		北极	海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běijíhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ gik⁶ hoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pak-ke̍k-hái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běijíhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běijíhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: Pei³-chi²-hai³
    • Yale: Běi-jí-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeijyihae
    • Palladius: Бэйцзихай (Bɛjczixaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ gik⁶ hoi²
    • Yale: bāk gihk hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ gik⁹ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ gig⁶ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ kɪk̚² hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-ke̍k-hái
    • Tâi-lô: Pak-ki̍k-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pakkeghae
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² hai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² hai⁵³/

Proper noun

北極海

1. Synonym of 北冰洋 (Běibīngyáng)

See also

• (oceans) 大洋 (dàyáng); 北冰洋 (Běibīngyáng)/北極海／北极海 (Běijíhǎi), 南冰洋 (Nánbīngyáng), 印度洋 (Yìndùyáng), 大西洋 (Dàxīyáng), 太平洋 (Tàipíngyáng), ^{(Category: zh:Oceans)}

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	極	海
ほく > ほっ Grade: 2	きょく Grade: 4	かい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
北極海 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

北極 (hokkyoku, “North Pole”) +‎ 海 (kai, “sea”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほっきょく​かい [hòkkyókúꜜkàì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞k̚ʲkʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝka̠i]

• (Tokyo) ほっきょ​くかい [hòkkyóꜜkùkàì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞k̚ʲkʲo̞kɯ̟̊ᵝka̠i]

Proper noun

北(ほっ)極(きょく)海(かい) • (Hokkyokukai) ^{←ほくきょくかい (fokukyokukai)?}

1. the Arctic Ocean
   • Kore Yamazaki, “第3篇　The Balance distinguishes not between gold and lead.”, in [魔法使いの嫁](The Ancient Magus Bride), volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, page 98:

     北(ほっ)極(きょく)海(かい)に浮(う)かぶ火(か)山(ざん)島(とう)アイスランド

     Hokkyokukai ni ukabu kazantō Aisurando

     Volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean, Iceland

See also

• (oceans) 大(たい)洋(よう) (taiyō); インド洋(よう) (Indo-yō, “Indian Ocean”), 大(たい)西(せい)洋(よう) (Taiseiyō, “Atlantic Ocean”), 太(たい)平(へい)洋(よう) (Taiheiyō, “Pacific Ocean”), 南(なん)極(きょく)海(かい) (Nankyokukai)/南(なん)大(たい)洋(よう) (Nantaiyō)/南(なん)氷(ぴょう)洋(よう) (Nanpyōyō, “Antarctic Ocean”), 北(ほっ)極(きょく)海(かい) (Hokkyokukai)/北(ほっ)氷(ぴょう)洋(よう) (Hoppyōyō)/北(ほっ)極(きょく)洋(よう) (Hokkyokuyō, “Arctic Ocean”) ^{(Category: ja:Oceans)}

Korean

Hanja in this term
北	極	海

Proper noun

北極海 • (Bukgeukhae or McCune-Reischauer: Pukkŭkhae or Yale: Pukqkuk.hay) (hangeul 북극해)

1. Hanja form^? of 북극해 (“Arctic Ocean”).