黑海

See also: 黒海

Chinese

		black dark	sea(s)
simp. and trad. (黑海)		黑	海

Etymology

"Lake Heihai": Calque of Mongolian [Term?], as ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (naɣur) was traditionally used vaguely for any large body of water. Cf. 青海 (Qīnghǎi).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hēihǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄟㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ hoi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hek-hái
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷heq-he

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hēihǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄟㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Heihǎi
  - Wade–Giles: Hei¹-hai³
  - Yale: Hēi-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Heihae
  - Palladius: Хэйхай (Xɛjxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hak¹ hoi²
  - Yale: hāk hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hek-hái
  - Tâi-lô: Hik-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hekhae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hai⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷heq-he
  - MiniDict: heh^入 he
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴heq-he
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /həʔ³³ he⁴⁴/

Proper noun

黑海

Black Sea (sea between Europe and Asia)
Lake Heihai (a lake in Golmud, Haixi prefecture, Qinghai, China)