死海

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	ocean; sea
trad. (死海)		死	海
simp. #(死海)		死	海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sǐhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² hoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sí-hói

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sǐhǎi [Phonetic: síhǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sǐhhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: Ssŭ³-hai³
    • Yale: Sž-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Syyhae
    • Palladius: Сыхай (Syxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² hoi²
    • Yale: séi hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sí-hói
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi` hoi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi³ hoi³
    • Sinological IPA: /si³¹ hoi̯³¹/

Proper noun

死海

1. Dead Sea (a highly saline lake in Israel, Palestine and Jordan)

Derived terms

• 死海古卷 (Sǐhǎigǔjuǎn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
死	海
し Grade: 3	かい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
死海 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

死(し)海(かい) • (Shikai) 

1. Dead Sea (a highly saline lake in Israel, Palestine and Jordan)