沿海

Chinese

		riverside (with ‑r); along	ocean; sea
trad. (沿海)		沿	海
simp. #(沿海)		沿	海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ hoi²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yèn-hói / yàn-hói
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iân-hái / ên-hái

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ing⁵ hai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-hai³
    • Yale: yán-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanhae
    • Palladius: яньхай (janʹxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ hoi²
    • Yale: yùhn hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèn-hói
    • Hakka Romanization System: ienˇ hoi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan<sup>2</sup> hoi<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en¹¹ hoi̯³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàn-hói
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˇ hoi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan² hoi³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an¹¹ hoi̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-hái
    • Tâi-lô: iân-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ienhae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ hai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² hai⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ên-hái
    • Tâi-lô: ên-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: enhae
    • IPA (Penang): /ɛn²³⁻²¹ hai⁴⁴⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ing⁵ hai²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: îng hái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hai⁵²/

Noun

沿海

1. (often attributive) coastal areas; (along the) coast

   沿海地區／沿海地区  ―  yánhǎi dìqū  ―  coastal region

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (沿海):

• → Japanese: 沿海(えんかい) (enkai)
• → Korean: 연해(沿海) (yeonhae)
• → Vietnamese: duyên hải (沿海)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
沿	海
えん Grade: 6	かい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
沿海 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えんかい [èńkáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ŋka̠i]

Noun

沿(えん)海(かい) • (enkai) 

1. (often attributive) coastal areas; (along the) coast
2. the sea along the coast