沿海

Chinese

		riverside (with ‑r); along	ocean; sea
trad. (沿海)		沿	海
simp. ^#(沿海)		沿	海

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yánhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ hoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yèn-hói / yàn-hói
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iân-hái / ên-hái

(Teochew, Peng'im): ing⁵ hai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yánhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yánhǎi
  - Wade–Giles: yen²-hai³
  - Yale: yán-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanhae
  - Palladius: яньхай (janʹxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ hoi²
  - Yale: yùhn hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèn-hói
  - Hakka Romanization System: ien^ˇ hoi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan² hoi³
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯en¹¹ hoi̯³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàn-hói
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian^ˇ hoi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan² hoi³
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an¹¹ hoi̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-hái
  - Tâi-lô: iân-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ienhae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ hai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² hai⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ên-hái
  - Tâi-lô: ên-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: enhae
  - IPA (Penang): /ɛn²³⁻²¹ hai⁴⁴⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ing⁵ hai²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: îng hái
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hai⁵²/

Noun

沿海

(often attributive) coastal areas; (along the) coast
沿海地區／沿海地区 ― yánhǎi dìqū ― coastal region

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (沿海):

→ Japanese: 沿海(えんかい) (enkai)
→ Korean: 연해(沿海) (yeonhae)
→ Vietnamese: duyên hải (沿海)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
沿	海
えん Grade: 6	かい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えんかい [èńkáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ŋka̠i]

Noun

沿(えん)海(かい) • (enkai)

(often attributive) coastal areas; (along the) coast
the sea along the coast

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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