滄海

See also: 沧海

Chinese

		blue; green (colour of water); cold blue; green (colour of water); cold; vast (of water)	ocean; sea
trad. (滄海)		滄	海
simp. (沧海)		沧	海
alternative forms		蒼海／苍海
anagram		海滄／海沧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cānghǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ hoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhông-hói
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhong-hái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cānghǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: canghǎi
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-hai³
    • Yale: tsāng-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsanghae
    • Palladius: цанхай (canxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong¹ hoi²
    • Yale: chōng hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhông-hói
    • Hakka Romanization System: cong´ hoi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong¹ hoi³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ²⁴ hoi̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong-hái
    • Tâi-lô: tshong-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhonghae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ³³ hai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 滄海

1. (literary) vast ocean; large ocean

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
滄	海
そう Hyōgaiji	かい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
滄海 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• 蒼海

Noun

滄(そう)海(かい) • (sōkai) ^{←さうかい (saukai)?}

1. blue waters; vast ocean