青海

Chinese

green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.) ocean; sea
simp. and trad.
(青海)
anagram 海青
Literally: “bluegreen sea/lake”.

Etymology

Compare similar-meaning names for Lake Qinghai in other languages: Tibetan མཚོ་སྔོན (mtsho sngon), མཚོ་སྔོན་པོ (mtsho sngon po, blue lake), Mongolian ᠬᠥᠬᠡ
ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ
(köke naɣur, blue lake).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

青海

  1. (~湖) Lake Qinghai (lake in Qinghai province, China)
  2. () Qinghai province (province of China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 1
かい
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

青海 (hiragana せいかい, rōmaji Seikai)

  1. Qinghai
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