Taiwan Strait

English

Proper noun

Taiwan Strait

1. The strait dividing mainland China from Taiwan and connecting the East and South China Seas.

Usage notes

The IHO's Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd ed., the current formal international standard, does not delimit the Taiwan Strait and includes its waters within the South China Sea. The unapproved draft for the next edition defines the strait and places it between the two seas. Informal usage already distinguishes the strait from the two seas.

Hypernyms

• South China Sea

Synonyms

• Black Ditch
• Formosa Strait
• Strait of Fokien
• Channel of Formosa

Translations

the channel of water between mainland China and Taiwan

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臺灣海峽／台湾海峡 (Táiwān Hǎixiá), 台湾海峡 (zh) (Táiwān hǎixiá), 臺海／台海 (zh) (Táihǎi), 台海 (Táihǎi)

• Danish: Taiwanstrædet, Formosastrædet, Fukienstrædet
• Dutch: Straat van Taiwan
• Finnish: Taiwaninsalmi
• French: détroit de Taïwan m
• German: Formosastraße f
• Hungarian: Tajvani-szoros (hu)
• Japanese: 台湾海峡 (たいわんかいきょう, Taiwan kaikyō)
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• Khmer: ច្រកតៃវ៉ាន់ (chrɑɑk tayvan)
• Korean: 대만 해협 (Daeman haehyeop)
• Okinawan: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: Estreito de Taiwan m
• Russian: Тайва́ньский проли́в m (Tajvánʹskij prolív)
• Spanish: estrecho de Taiwán m
• Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: ช่องแคบไต้หวัน (chôngkae bor dtâiwăn)
• Vietnamese: eo biển Đài Loan