海外

Chinese

ocean; sea
 
outside; in addition; foreign; external
simp. and trad.
(海外)
anagram 外海

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (32) (31)
Final () (41) (26)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hʌiX/ /ŋuɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/həiX/ /ŋʷɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/xɒiX/ /ŋuɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/həjX/ /ŋwajH/
Li
Rong
/xᴀiX/ /ŋuɑiH/
Wang
Li
/xɒiX/ /ŋuɑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xɑ̆iX/ /ŋuɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
hǎi wèi

Noun

海外

  1. overseas; abroad

Antonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 2
がい
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 海外 (xojX ngwajH, literally sea + outside, beyond). Compare modern Mandarin 海外 (hǎiwài).

Pronunciation

Noun

海外 (hiragana かいがい, rōmaji kaigai)

  1. the area beyond the borders, overseas, foreign countries

Usage notes

As Japan is an island nation, all other countries are “beyond the sea”. This word is thus often used synonymously with 国際 (kokusai, international).

Synonyms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

海外 (hae-oe) (hangeul 해외)

  1. Hanja form? of 해외 (overseas).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

海外

  1. Hán tự form of hải ngoại (overseas).
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