地中海

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	ocean; sea
trad. (地中海)		地	中	海
simp. #(地中海)		地	中	海

Etymology

Calque of Latin Mare Mediterraneum, first attested in the 1602 (deprecated template usage) 《坤輿萬國全圖》 (Kunyu Wanguo Quantu) world map.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dìzhōng Hǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ zung¹ hoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thi-chûng-hói
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tē-tiong-hái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dìzhōng Hǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dìjhong Hǎi
    • Wade–Giles: Ti⁴-chung¹ Hai³
    • Yale: Dì-jūng Hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dihjong Hae
    • Palladius: Дичжун Хай (Dičžun Xaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dei⁶ zung¹ hoi²
    • Yale: deih jūng hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ dzung¹ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ zung¹ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thi-chûng-hói
    • Hakka Romanization System: ti zung´ hoi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ zung¹ hoi³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ t͡suŋ²⁴ hoi̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tē-tiong-hái
    • Tâi-lô: Tē-tiong-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexdionghae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² tiɔŋ³³ hai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /te³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁴¹/

Proper noun

1. the Mediterranean Sea (a sea between Europe and Africa)

   • 國中有二大名城，一曰西未利亞，近地中海，為亞墨利加諸舶所聚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     国中有二大名城，一曰西未利亚，近地中海，为亚墨利加诸舶所聚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1843, (deprecated template usage) 《海國圖志·(deprecated template usage) 卷三十九》 (Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms)

     Guó zhōng yǒu èr dà míngchéng, yī yuē Xīwèilìyà, jìn Dìzhōng Hǎi, wèi Yàmòlìjiā zhū bó suǒ jù. [Pinyin]

     The country [Spain] has two major famous cities. One is Seville, near the Mediterranean Sea, was where all the ships of America gathered.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (地中海):

• → Japanese: 地(ち)中(ちゅう)海(かい) (Chichūkai)
• → Korean: 지중해(地中海) (Jijunghae)
• → Vietnamese: Địa Trung Hải (地中海)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 地中海

1. Alternative term for 陸間海／陆间海 (“mediterranean sea”).
2. (colloquial) crown baldness

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	中	海
ち Grade: 2	ちゅう Grade: 1	かい Grade: 2
kan’on

Alternative spelling
地中海 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Chinese 地中海 (Dìzhōng Hǎi)

Proper noun

地(ち)中(ちゅう)海(かい) • (Chichūkai) 

1. the Mediterranean Sea (a sea between Europe and Africa)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
地	中	海

Proper noun

地中海 • (Jijunghae) (hangeul 지중해)

1. Hanja form^? of 지중해 (“Mediterranean Sea”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
地	中	海

Proper noun

地中海

1. chữ Hán form of Địa Trung Hải (“Mediterranean Sea”).