南海

Chinese

		south(ern)	sea(s)
simp. and trad. (南海)		南	海
anagram		海南

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nánhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ hoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lâm-hái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nánhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nánhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: Nan²-hai³
    • Yale: Nán-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nanhae
    • Palladius: Наньхай (Nanʹxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ hoi²
    • Yale: nàahm hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-hái
    • Tâi-lô: Lâm-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lamhae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² hai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ hai⁴¹/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 南海

1. South China Sea
2. (～區) Nanhai District (district in Foshan, Guangdong province, China)
3. (～鎮) Nanhai (a town in Songzi, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)
4. (historical) (～君) Nanhai, a commandery of imperial China

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	海
なん Grade: 2	かい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
南海 (kyūjitai)

Noun

南(なん)海(かい) • (nankai) 

1. a southern sea