雷翥海

Chinese

		thunder	soar	ocean; sea
trad. (雷翥海)		雷	翥	海
simp. #(雷翥海)		雷	翥	海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Léizhùhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄓㄨˋ ㄏㄞˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Léizhùhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄓㄨˋ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Léijhùhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: Lei²-chu⁴-hai³
    • Yale: Léi-jù-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Leijuhhae
    • Palladius: Лэйчжухай (Lɛjčžuxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

雷翥海

1. (archaic) The Aral Sea

   • 其國居烏孫之故地，東至突厥國，西至雷翥海，南至疏勒，北至瀚海，在京師西北七千里。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其国居乌孙之故地，东至突厥国，西至雷翥海，南至疏勒，北至瀚海，在京师西北七千里。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Du You, Tongdian, 766 – 801 CE

     Qí guó jū Wūsūn zhī gùdì, dōng zhì Tūjué guó, xī zhì Léizhùhǎi, nán zhì shūlè, běi zhì Hànhǎi, zài jīngshī xīběi qī qiān lǐ. [Pinyin]

     Their (the Western Turks) country is situated on the old lands of the Wusun. To the east, it extends to the land of the Turks; to the west, the Aral Sea; to the south, Shule; and to the north, to Lake Baikal. It is seven thousand li northwest of the capital.