北海

Chinese

		north	ocean; sea
simp. and trad. (北海)		北	海
anagram		海北

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Běihǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ hoi²
Min Nan (POJ): Pak-hái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Běihǎi [Phonetic: béihǎi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeihae
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Běihǎi
  - IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ hoi²
  - Yale: bāk hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ hoi²
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ hɔːy̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-hái
  - Tâi-lô: Pak-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pakhae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ haɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ haɪ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ haɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ haɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ haɪ⁴¹/

Proper noun

北海

North Sea
(～市) Beihai (a prefecture-level city in Guangxi, China)
(historical) Kingdom of Beihai (west of present-day Changle County, Shandong)
Butterworth (a town in Penang, Malaysia)

Descendants

→ English: Beihai, Pakhoi

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	海
ほく > ほっ Grade: 2	かい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

北海 (hiragana ほっかい, rōmaji Hokkai, historical hiragana ほくかい)

North Sea

See also

北海道 (ほっかいどう) (Hokkaidō)

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