碧海

Chinese

		green jade; bluish green; blue green jade; bluish green; blue; jade	ocean; sea
simp. and trad. (碧海)		碧	海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ hoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phek-hái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-hai³
    • Yale: bì-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihhae
    • Palladius: бихай (bixaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹ hoi²
    • Yale: bīk hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek-hái
    • Tâi-lô: phik-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phekhae
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hai⁵³/

Noun

碧海

1. azure sea

Derived terms

• 碧海青天

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
碧	海
へき Jinmeiyō	かい Grade: 2
kan’on	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
碧海 (kyūjitai)

Noun

碧(へき)海(かい) • (hekikai) 

1. blue sea

   Synonym: 滄海 (sōkai)

Derived terms

• 桑田碧海(そうでんへきかい) (sōdenhekikai)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
碧	海
あお Jinmeiyō	い Grade: 2
kun’yomi	irregular

Alternative spelling
碧海 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

碧(あお)海(い) • (Aoi) 

1. a female given name