青海

See also: 靑海

Chinese

		blue	sea(s)
trad. (青海)		青	海
simp. #(青海)		青	海
alternative forms		靑海
anagram		海青

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qīnghǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ hoi²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Chhiâng-hói

  (Meixian, Guangdong): qiang¹ hoi³

• Eastern Min (BUC): Chĭng-hāi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Chheng-hái

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ hai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qīnghǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cinghǎi
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻing¹-hai³
    • Yale: Chīng-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chinghae
    • Palladius: Цинхай (Cinxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ hoi²
    • Yale: chīng hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhiâng-hói
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang´ hoi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ hoi³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴ hoi̯³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qiang¹ hoi³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hoɪ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Chĭng-hāi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ŋai³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chheng-hái
    • Tâi-lô: Tshing-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhenghae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ hai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cên¹ hai²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ hái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ hai⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsheng xojX

Rime
Character	青	海
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	倉經切	呼改切
Baxter	tsheng	xojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/hʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/həiX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛŋ/	/xɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛjŋ/	/həjX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/xᴀiX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰieŋ/	/xɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰieŋ/	/xɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīng	hǎi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing1	hoi2

Proper noun

青海

1. (～湖) Qinghai Lake (a lake in Qinghai, China)

   • 君不見青海頭，古來白骨無人收。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     君不见青海头，古来白骨无人收。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 杜甫 (Du Fu) (712-770), 兵車行 (The Army Wagons: A Ballad); translated by Stephen Owen

     Jūn bùjiàn Qīnghǎi tóu, gǔlái báigǔ wúrén shōu. [Pinyin]

     Haven’t you seen by Kokonor white bones from ancient times that have never been recovered?

2. (～省) Qinghai (a province of China; capital: Xining)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (青海):

• → Japanese: 青海(せいかい) (Seikai)
• → Korean: 청해(青海) (Cheonghae)
• → Vietnamese: Thanh Hải (青海)

Others:

• → English: Tsinghai, Tsing-hai, Qinghai, Ch'ing-hai
• → Georgian: ცინგხაი (cingxai)

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
靑海 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

青(せい)海(かい) • (Seikai) 

1. Qinghai (a province of China; capital: Xining)

Korean

Hanja in this term
青	海

Proper noun

青海 • (Cheonghae) (hangeul 청해)

1. Hanja form^? of 청해 (“Qinghai”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
青	海

Proper noun

青海

1. chữ Hán form of Thanh Hải (“Qinghai”).