深海

Chinese

		deep; profound	ocean; sea
trad. (深海)		深	海
simp. #(深海)		深	海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ hoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̂m-hói
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhim-hái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-hai³
    • Yale: shēn-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenhae
    • Palladius: шэньхай (šɛnʹxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ hoi²
    • Yale: sām hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̂m-hói
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciim^ˊ hoi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cim¹ hoi³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨm²⁴ hoi̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-hái
    • Tâi-lô: tshim-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chimhae
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁴¹/

Noun

深海

1. deep sea
2. (oceanography) the part of the ocean below 200 meters

Antonyms

• 淺海／浅海 (qiǎnhǎi)

Derived terms

• 半深海帶 / 半深海带 (bàn shēnhǎi dài)
• 深海帶 / 深海带 (shēnhǎi dài)
• 超深海帶 / 超深海带 (chāo shēnhǎi dài)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
深	海
しん Grade: 3	かい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
深海 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんかい [shìńkáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋka̠i]

Noun

深(しん)海(かい) • (shinkai) 

1. deep sea
2. the part of the ocean below approximately 200 meters

深海(ふかみ) • (Fukami) 

1. The former Japanese name of the seaport of Prigorodnoye on the island of Sakhalin, Russia

References

• “深海”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
深	海

Noun

深海 • (simhae) (hangeul 심해)

1. hanja form^? of 심해 (“deep sea”)