大海

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	ocean; sea
simp. and trad. (大海)		大	海
anagram		海大

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ hoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-hói
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-hái

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ hai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-hai³
    • Yale: dà-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahhae
    • Palladius: дахай (daxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ hoi²
    • Yale: daaih hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-hói
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai hoi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ hoi³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ hoi̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-hái
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxhae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² hai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ hai⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dua⁷ hai²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā hái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ hai⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: dajH|daH xojX

Rime
Character	大	大	海
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	呼改切
Baxter	dajH	daH	xojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/hʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/həiX/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/xɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dajH/	/daH/	/həjX/
Li Rong	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/xᴀiX/
Wang Li	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/xɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑiH/	/dʱɑH/	/xɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	hǎi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai6	do6	hoi2

Noun

大海

1. ocean; sea (as a whole)

   我現在的住所唯有高山，不見大海。 [MSC, trad.]
   我现在的住所唯有高山，不见大海。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiànzài de zhùsuǒ wéiyǒu gāoshān, bù jiàn dàhǎi. [Pinyin]

   Where I live now there is no sea, but only high mountains.

2. (literary) large bowl or wine cup

Synonyms

• (ocean):

• 大洋 (dàyáng)
• 洋海 (yánghǎi)
• 海洋 (hǎiyáng)
• 滄海／沧海 (cānghǎi) (literary, vast ocean)
• 滄瀛／沧瀛 (cāngyíng) (literary, vast ocean)
• 遠洋／远洋 (yuǎnyáng) (ocean far away from the mainland)

 

Derived terms

• 大海撈針／大海捞针 (dàhǎilāozhēn)
• 大海裡撈針／大海里捞针
• 東洋大海／东洋大海
• 汪洋大海 (wāngyángdàhǎi)
• 浮萍大海
• 石投大海
• 石沉大海 (shíchéndàhǎi)
• 龍入大海／龙入大海

 

Japanese

Noun

Kanji in this term
大	海
たい Grade: 1	かい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
大海 (kyūjitai)

大(たい)海(かい) • (taikai) 

1. ocean

Synonyms

• 大(たい)洋(よう) (taiyō), オーシャン (ōshan)

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
大	海
ひろ Grade: 1	み Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
大海 (kyūjitai)

大(ひろ)海(み) • (Hiromi) 

1. a male given name