西海

Chinese

		west	ocean; sea
simp. and trad. (西海)		西	海
anagram		海西

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ hoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sihǎi
  - Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-hai³
  - Yale: Syī-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shihae
  - Palladius: Сихай (Sixaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    [Show/Hide]
    ^edit
    ^edit
    *醯醢
    西海
    醯醢
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ hoi²
  - Yale: sāi hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

Proper noun

西海

(～郡) a former commandery in the ancient Liang Province (涼州／凉州 (Liángzhōu)), located in the modern Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai, China
a lake in the Shichahai area of Beijing, China
(archaic) the Mediterranean Sea
(～市) Saikai (a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	海
さい Grade: 2	かい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sa̠ika̠i]

Proper noun

西(さい)海(かい) • (Saikai)

Saikai (a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)