"南海" meaning in Chinese

See 南海 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /nän³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /naːm²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ⁿdam²² hᵘɔi⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /lam²⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /lam²⁴⁻²² hai⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /lam¹³⁻²² hai⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ hai⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /lam²³⁻³³ hai⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hai⁵²/ [Min-Nan, Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /nän³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /naːm²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/, /ⁿdam²² hᵘɔi⁵⁵/, /lam²⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/, /lam²⁴⁻²² hai⁵⁵⁴/, /lam¹³⁻²² hai⁵³/, /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ hai⁵³/, /lam²³⁻³³ hai⁴¹/, /nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hai⁵²/ Chinese transliterations: Nánhǎi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], naam⁴ hoi² [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], nam³ hoi² [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], Lâm-hái [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], nam⁵ hai² [Min-Nan, Peng'im, Teochew], Nánhǎi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], Nánhǎi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], Nan²-hai³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], Nán-hǎi [Mandarin, Yale, standard], Nanhae [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], Наньхай [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], Nanʹxaj [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], naam⁴ hoi² [Cantonese, Jyutping], nàahm hói [Cantonese, Yale], naam⁴ hoi² [Cantonese, Pinyin], nam⁴ hoi² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], nam³ hoi² [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], Lâm-hái [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], lamhae [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], nâm hái [Min-Nan, POJ, Teochew], nom xojX [Middle-Chinese], /*nˤ[ə]m m̥ˤəʔ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*nuːm hmlɯːʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: ; "Nanhai, Guangdong, China; Nanhai Commandery" Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 南海
  1. South China Sea Synonyms (South China Sea): 南中國海 (Nán Zhōngguó Hǎi), 南中国海 (Nán Zhōngguó Hǎi)
    Sense id: en-南海-zh-name-pySuxDG3 Categories (other): Seas Disambiguation of Seas: 31 3 8 8 8 3 2 37 Disambiguation of 'South China Sea': 72 3 6 3 3 6 3 5
  2. Nanhai (a lake in Zhongnanhai, Xicheng district, Beijing, China) Categories (place): Places in Beijing, Places in China
    Sense id: en-南海-zh-name-TkoL59-v Categories (other): Lakes
  3. (~區, formerly ~縣) Nanhai (a district of Foshan, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China) Categories (place): Districts of Foshan, Places in China, Places in Foshan, Places in Guangdong, China
    Sense id: en-南海-zh-name-EX2r3frQ Categories (other): Former political divisions
  4. (~鎮) Nanhai (a town in Songzi, Jingzhou, Hubei, China) Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Hubei, China, Towns in China, Towns in Hubei, China
    Sense id: en-南海-zh-name-d92v1ySz
  5. (~鄉) Nanhai (a township in Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China) Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Fujian, China, Places in Fuzhou
    Sense id: en-南海-zh-name--03Nr70e Categories (other): Townships
  6. (historical) (~郡) Nanhai, a commandery of imperial China Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-南海-zh-name-Sapm8Owz
  7. (literary, figurative) the extreme south Tags: figuratively, literary
    Sense id: en-南海-zh-name-1wrFuVAz
  8. (historical) Mount Putuo (an island and mountain in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China) Tags: historical Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Zhejiang, China Synonyms (Mount Putuo): 普陀山 (Pǔtuó Shān)
    Sense id: en-南海-zh-name-ZJE2Sd2D Categories (other): Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Islands, Mountains, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Seas Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 13 11 12 2 0 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 3 9 8 8 2 2 40 1 7 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 2 9 9 9 1 1 45 0 4 15 Disambiguation of Seas: 31 3 8 8 8 3 2 37 Disambiguation of 'Mount Putuo': 4 1 5 5 4 1 0 79

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "Jūn chù běihǎi, guǎrén chù nánhǎi, wéi shì fēng mǎ niú bù xiàngjí yě.",
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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Nánhǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Nan²-hai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Nán-hǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Nanhae"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Наньхай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Nanʹxaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "naam⁴ hoi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nàahm hói"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "naam⁴ hoi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nam⁴ hoi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/naːm²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nam³ hoi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ⁿdam²² hᵘɔi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Lâm-hái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lamhae"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam²⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam²⁴⁻²² hai⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam¹³⁻²² hai⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam²⁴⁻¹¹ hai⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam²³⁻³³ hai⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nâm hái"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hai⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nom xojX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*nˤ[ə]m m̥ˤəʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*nuːm hmlɯːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/naːm²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ⁿdam²² hᵘɔi⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam²⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam²⁴⁻²² hai⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam¹³⁻²² hai⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam²⁴⁻¹¹ hai⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam²³⁻³³ hai⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hai⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ə]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*nuːm hmlɯːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "南海"
}
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 南",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 海",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese proper nouns",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese proper nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh:Seas"
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  "etymology_text": "; \"Nanhai, Guangdong, China; Nanhai Commandery\"",
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        "South China Sea"
      ],
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        [
          "South China Sea",
          "South China Sea"
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      ]
    },
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        "zh:Places in China"
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      ],
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          "Zhongnanhai",
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        [
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          "China#English"
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    {
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        "zh:Districts of Foshan",
        "zh:Former political divisions",
        "zh:Places in China",
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        "zh:Towns in Hubei, China"
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        "zh:Townships"
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        "Nanhai (a township in Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)"
      ],
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          "鄉",
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      ],
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    },
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      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
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            [
              84,
              96
            ]
          ],
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            [
              27,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "\"Your ruler dwells near the northern sea, while I, the unworthy one, dwell near the southern sea. Even when our horses and cattle are in heat, they cannot come close to one another.",
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            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the \"Spring and Autumn Annals\" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg",
          "roman": "Jūn chù běihǎi, guǎrén chù nánhǎi, wéi shì fēng mǎ niú bù xiàngjí yě.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "君處北海,寡人處南海,唯是風馬牛不相及也。",
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        {
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            [
              84,
              96
            ]
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          "bold_roman_offsets": [
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              27,
              33
            ]
          ],
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            [
              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
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            "Traditional Chinese poetry",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the \"Spring and Autumn Annals\" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg",
          "roman": "Jūn chù běihǎi, guǎrén chù nánhǎi, wéi shì fēng mǎ niú bù xiàngjí yě.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "君处北海,寡人处南海,唯是风马牛不相及也。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "the extreme south"
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          "extreme",
          "extreme"
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          "south"
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      ],
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        "literary"
      ]
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        "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Chinese terms with historical senses",
        "English links with redundant alt parameters",
        "English links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Literary Chinese usage examples",
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        "zh:Mountains",
        "zh:Places in China",
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              82,
              88
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            [
              27,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 18th century, 彭端淑, 為學一首示子姪",
          "roman": "Shǔ zhī bǐ yǒu èr sēng: qí yī pín, qí yī fù. Pín zhě yǔ yú fù zhě yuē: “Wú yù zhī Nánhǎi, hérú?”",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "蜀之鄙有二僧:其一貧,其一富。貧者語於富者曰:「吾欲之南海,何如?」",
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        },
        {
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              82,
              88
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              27,
              29
            ]
          ],
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            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 18th century, 彭端淑, 為學一首示子姪",
          "roman": "Shǔ zhī bǐ yǒu èr sēng: qí yī pín, qí yī fù. Pín zhě yǔ yú fù zhě yuē: “Wú yù zhī Nánhǎi, hérú?”",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "蜀之鄙有二僧:其一贫,其一富。贫者语于富者曰:「吾欲之南海,何如?」",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Mount Putuo (an island and mountain in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China)"
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          "Mount Putuo",
          "w:Mount Putuo"
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          "island",
          "island"
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        [
          "mountain",
          "mountain"
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          "Zhoushan#English"
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        [
          "Zhejiang",
          "Zhejiang#English"
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        [
          "China",
          "China#English"
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        "(historical) Mount Putuo (an island and mountain in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Nánhǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "naam⁴ hoi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nam³ hoi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Lâm-hái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nam⁵ hai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Nánhǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Nánhǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Nan²-hai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Nán-hǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Nanhae"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Наньхай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Nanʹxaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "naam⁴ hoi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nàahm hói"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "naam⁴ hoi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nam⁴ hoi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/naːm²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nam³ hoi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ⁿdam²² hᵘɔi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Lâm-hái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lamhae"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam²⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam²⁴⁻²² hai⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam¹³⁻²² hai⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam²⁴⁻¹¹ hai⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam²³⁻³³ hai⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nâm hái"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hai⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nom xojX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*nˤ[ə]m m̥ˤəʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*nuːm hmlɯːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/naːm²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ⁿdam²² hᵘɔi⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam²⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam²⁴⁻²² hai⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam¹³⁻²² hai⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam²⁴⁻¹¹ hai⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lam²³⁻³³ hai⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hai⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ə]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*nuːm hmlɯːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "Nán Zhōngguó Hǎi",
      "sense": "South China Sea",
      "word": "南中國海"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Nán Zhōngguó Hǎi",
      "sense": "South China Sea",
      "word": "南中国海"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Pǔtuó Shān",
      "sense": "Mount Putuo",
      "word": "普陀山"
    }
  ],
  "word": "南海"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 南海 meaning in Chinese (9.7kB)

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  "trace": ""
}

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}

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