熱海

Chinese

	heat; to heat up; fervent heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up	ocean; sea
trad. (熱海)	熱	海
simp. (热海)	热	海
Literally: “hot sea”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Rèhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄜˋ ㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jit⁶ hoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Rèhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄜˋ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Rèhǎi
  - Wade–Giles: Jê⁴-hai³
  - Yale: Rè-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Rehhae
  - Palladius: Жэхай (Žɛxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɤ⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jit⁶ hoi²
  - Yale: yiht hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jit⁹ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yid⁶ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːt̚² hɔːi̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: nyet xojX

Rime
Character	熱	海
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	薛 (81)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	如列切	呼改切
Baxter	nyet	xojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiᴇt̚/	/hʌi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɛt̚/	/həi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjæt̚/	/xɒi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiat̚/	/həj^X/
Li Rong	/ȵiɛt̚/	/xᴀi^X/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭɛt̚/	/xɒi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ɛt̚/	/xɑ̆i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rè	hǎi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jit⁶	hoi²

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 熱海(あたみ) (Atami).

Proper noun

熱海

(～市) Atami (a city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan)

Etymology 2

Semantically, compare Kyrgyz Ысык-Көл (Isık-Köl, literally “hot lake”).

Proper noun

熱海

(historical, obsolete, used in the Tang dynasty) Issyk Kul (a large freshwater lake in modern-day eastern Kyrgyzstan)
- 側聞陰山胡兒語，西頭熱海水如煮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  侧闻阴山胡儿语，西头热海水如煮。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 岑參 (Cen Shen), 熱海行送崔侍御還京
  Cèwén Yīnshān hú'ér yǔ, xītóu Rèhǎi shuǐ rú zhǔ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

伊塞克湖 (Yīsàikè Hú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
熱	海
あたみ
Grade: 4	Grade: 2
irregular

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

The original name of the place, 阿(あ)多(た)美(み) (Atami), was changed to 熱海(あたみ) (Atami) (lit., "hot sea") by the Edo period because of the hot springs in this area.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あたみ [áꜜtàmì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [a̠ta̠mʲi]

Proper noun

熱海(あたみ) • (Atami)

Atami (a city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan)