海子

Chinese

		sea	child [diminutive suffix] [noun suffix]
simp. and trad. (海子)		海	子

Etymology

Said to be Mongolian-influenced Chinese, as any large body of water can be referred to as ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (naɣur) / нуур (nuur) in Mongolian. Compare English sea and German See (“lake”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎizi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: hǎi-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hae.tzy
    • Palladius: хайцзы (xajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² zi²
    • Yale: hói jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

海子

1. (northern and Southwestern Mandarin, chiefly in toponyms) lake (large, landlocked stretch of water)

Synonyms

• 泊 (pō) (literary, or in compounds)
• 湖 (hú)
• 湖泊 (húpō)