青海

Chinese

		blue	sea(s)
trad. (青海)		青	海
simp. #(青海)		青	海
anagram		海青

Etymology

A calque of Mongolian ᠬᠥᠬᠡ
ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (köke naɣur, “Blue Sea”), as traditionally Mongolian conflated the words for any large body of water. Cf. 黑海 (Hēihǎi).

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 青海

1. (～湖) Lake Qinghai (a lake in Qinghai, China)
2. (～省) Qinghai province (province of China)

Descendants

• English: Tsinghai, Tsing-hai, Qinghai

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	海
せい Grade: 1	かい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
靑海 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

青(せい)海(かい) • (Seikai) 

1. Qinghai

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Korean

Hanja in this term
青	海

Proper noun

青海 • (Cheonghae) (hangeul 청해)

1. hanja form^? of 청해 (“Qinghai”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
青	海

Proper noun

青海

1. chữ Hán form of Thanh Hải (“Qinghai”).