海嘯

See also: 海嘨 and 海啸

Chinese

		ocean; sea	to hiss; to whistle
trad. (海嘯)		海	嘯
simp. (海啸)		海	啸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎixiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² siu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-siàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎixiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎisiào
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: hǎi-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeshiaw
    • Palladius: хайсяо (xajsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² siu³
    • Yale: hói siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² xiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ siːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-siàu
    • Tâi-lô: hái-siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haysiaux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau²¹/

Noun

海嘯

1. tsunami

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 海嘯 (“tsunami”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		海嘯
Mandarin	Taiwan	海嘯
	Singapore	海嘯
Cantonese	Hong Kong	海嘯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	海亂
Southern Min	Xiamen	海漲, 滾蛟龍 verb, 起蛟龍 verb
	Quanzhou	海漲
	Leizhou	海吼

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (海嘯):

• → Japanese: 海嘯(かいしょう) (kaishō)
• → Korean: 해소(海嘯) (haeso)

Others:

• → Zhuang: haijsiu

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
海	嘯
かい Grade: 2	しょう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative spellings
海嘯 (kyūjitai) 海嘨 (extended shinjitai)

/kaiseu/ → /kaiɕeu/ → /kaiɕoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 海嘯／海啸 (xoj^X sew^H, literally “sea, ocean + to roar, to wail”), with the latter character in reference to the sound of the rushing water during a tidal bore. Compare modern Mandarin reading hǎixiào.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かいしょー [kàíshóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠iɕo̞ː]

Noun

海(かい)嘯(しょう) • (kaishō) ^{←かいせう (kaiseu)?}

1. a tidal bore
2. a tsunami, a tidal wave

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
海	嘯
Grade: 2	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
海嘯 (kyūjitai) 海嘨 (extended shinjitai)

Compound of 津 (tsu, “cove, inlet, outlet”) +‎ 波 (nami, “wave”).

The spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 海嘯 – see the following entry.

【津波つなみ】 [noun] [from early 1600s] (oceanography) a tsunami; a tidal wave [noun] 海嘯: (hydrology, rare) a tidal bore [noun] (hydrology, rare) a storm surge Alternative spellings 津浪, 海嘨

(This term, 海嘯, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
海	嘯

Noun

海嘯 • (haeso) (hangeul 해소)

1. Hanja form^? of 해소.