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南海

南海

Chinese

		south	ocean; sea
simp. and trad. (南海)		南	海
anagram		海南

Proper noun

南海

the South China Sea

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	海
なん Grade: 2	かい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi

(Tokyo) なんかい [nàńkáí] (Heiban - [0])^[1]

IPA^(key): [nã̠ŋka̠i]

Noun

南海 ‎(hiragana なんかい, romaji nankai)

a southern sea

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Nán Hǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ hoi²
Min Nan (POJ): Lâm-hái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Nán Hǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nan Hae
  - IPA ^(key): /na̠n³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ hoi²
  - Yale: nàahm hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ hoi²
  - IPA ^(key): /nɑːm²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-hái
  - Tâi-lô: Lâm-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lamhae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² haɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² haɪ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² haɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ haɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ haɪ⁴¹/