海岸

Chinese

		ocean; sea	bank; shore; beach bank; shore; beach; coast
simp. and trad. (海岸)		海	岸

Etymology

Compound of 海 (hǎi, “sea, ocean”) +‎ 岸 (àn, “bank, shore”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎi'àn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² ngon⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hói-ngan
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hái-hōaⁿ / hái-gān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hai² ngai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎi'àn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎi-àn
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-an⁴
    • Yale: hǎi-àn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeann
    • Palladius: хайань (xajanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² ngon⁶
    • Yale: hói ngohn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² ngon⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² ngon⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ ŋɔːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-ngan
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoi^ˋ ngan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hoi³ ngan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hoi̯³¹ ŋan⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-hōaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hái-huānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hay'hvoa
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huã⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huã³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huã²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ huã³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-gān
    • Tâi-lô: hái-gān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hay'gan
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡan³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hai² ngai⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hái ngăi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai⁵²⁻³⁵ ŋai³⁵/

Noun

海岸

1. coast; seashore

   海岸水域  ―  hǎi'àn shuǐyù  ―  coastal waters

Derived terms

• 海岸炮 (hǎi'ànpào)
• 海岸線 / 海岸线 (hǎi'ànxiàn)
• 象牙海岸 (Xiàngyá Hǎi'àn)
• 黃金海岸 / 黄金海岸 (Huángjīn Hǎi'àn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (海岸):

• → Japanese: 海(かい)岸(がん) (kaigan)
• → Korean: 해안(海岸) (haean)
• → Vietnamese: hải ngạn (海岸)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	岸
かい Grade: 2	がん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
海岸 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠iɡã̠ɴ]
• (Tokyo) かいがん [kàígáń] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

海(かい)岸(がん) • (kaigan) 

1. coast; shore (the border between land and sea)

Derived terms

• 海岸線(かいがんせん) (kaigansen)

References

• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
海	岸

Noun

海岸 • (haean) (hangeul 해안)

1. hanja form^? of 해안 (“shore, seaside”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
海	岸

Noun

海岸

1. chữ Hán form of hải ngạn (“coast”)