東海

See also: 东海

Chinese

		east	ocean; sea
trad. (東海)		東	海
simp. (东海)		东	海
anagram		海東／海东

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dōnghǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ hoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Tûng-hói
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tang-hái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dōnghǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Donghǎi
    • Wade–Giles: Tung¹-hai³
    • Yale: Dūng-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Donghae
    • Palladius: Дунхай (Dunxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ hoi²
    • Yale: dūng hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tûng-hói
    • Hakka Romanization System: dung´ hoi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dung¹ hoi³
    • Sinological IPA: /tuŋ²⁴ hoi̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tang-hái
    • Tâi-lô: Tang-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: danghae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ³³ hai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tuwng xojX

Rime
Character	東	海
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	德紅切	呼改切
Baxter	tuwng	xojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuŋ/	/hʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/tuŋ/	/həiX/
Shao Rongfen	/tuŋ/	/xɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təwŋ/	/həjX/
Li Rong	/tuŋ/	/xᴀiX/
Wang Li	/tuŋ/	/xɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuŋ/	/xɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dōng	hǎi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dung1	hoi2

Proper noun

東海

1. East China Sea (a sea)
2. (Vietnam) South China Sea (a sea)
3. (～郡) (historical) Donghai Commandery (in present day Shandong province, China)
4. (～縣) Donghai (a county of Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China)
5. (～鎮) Donghai (a town in Chengxiang district, Putian, Fujian, China)
6. (～鎮) Donghai (a town in Jidong, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China)
7. (～鎮) Donghai (a town in Qidong, Nantong, Jiangsu, China)
8. (～街道) Donghai (a subdistrict of Lufeng, Shanwei, Guangdong, China)
9. (～市) Tōkai (a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan)
10. (～市) Donghae (a city in South Korea)
11. (～大學) Tunghai University (a university in Taiwan)
12. (～大學) Tōkai University (a university in Japan)

Synonyms

• (East China Sea): (literary) 東瀛／东瀛 (Dōngyíng)

Derived terms

• 東海揚塵／东海扬尘
• 東海撈針／东海捞针 (dōnghǎilāozhēn)
• 東海桑田／东海桑田
• 福如東海／福如东海 (fúrúdōnghǎi)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
東	海
とう Grade: 2	かい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
東海 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーかい [tòókáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːka̠i]

Proper noun

東(とう)海(かい) • (Tōkai) 

1. A region of Japan.
2. a surname

Korean

Hanja in this term
東	海

Proper noun

東海 • (Donghae) (hangeul 동해)

1. Hanja form^? of 동해 (“Sea of Japan”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
東	海

Proper noun

東海

1. chữ Hán form of Đông Hải (“East China Sea”).