太平洋

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 太平洋 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 太平洋 (Cantonese)

Originates from the translation of the term "Pacific Ocean," which was named by European explorers. "Pacific Ocean" was coined by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520. When Magellan reached the ocean, he called it Mar Pacífico in Portuguese, meaning "peaceful sea," because of its calm waters compared to the stormy Atlantic crossing.

When Western geographic terms were introduced to China, translators sought to convey the essence of "Pacific Ocean" in Chinese. They chose 太平 (Tàipíng) to represent "pacific" or "peaceful" and 洋 (yáng) as a general term for "ocean" or "sea."

太平洋

1. the Pacific Ocean

• (oceans) 大洋 (dàyáng); 北冰洋 (Běibīngyáng)/北極海／北极海 (Běijíhǎi), 南冰洋 (Nánbīngyáng), 印度洋 (Yìndùyáng), 大西洋 (Dàxīyáng), 太平洋 (Tàipíngyáng), ^{(Category: zh:Oceans)}

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

太平洋

Wikipedia ^ja

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• (Tokyo) たいへーよー (Nakadaka – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

太(たい)平(へい)洋(よう) • (Taiheiyō) ^{←たいへいやう (Taifeiyau)?}

1. the Pacific Ocean

• (oceans) 大(たい)洋(よう) (taiyō); インド洋(よう) (Indo-yō, “Indian Ocean”), 大(たい)西(せい)洋(よう) (Taiseiyō, “Atlantic Ocean”), 太(たい)平(へい)洋(よう) (Taiheiyō, “Pacific Ocean”), 南(なん)極(きょく)海(かい) (Nankyokukai)/南(なん)大(たい)洋(よう) (Nantaiyō)/南(なん)氷(ぴょう)洋(よう) (Nanpyōyō, “Antarctic Ocean”), 北(ほっ)極(きょく)海(かい) (Hokkyokukai)/北(ほっ)氷(ぴょう)洋(よう) (Hoppyōyō)/北(ほっ)極(きょく)洋(よう) (Hokkyokuyō, “Arctic Ocean”) ^{(Category: ja:Oceans)}

太平洋 • (Taepyeongnyang or McCune-Reischauer: T'aep'yŏngnyang or Yale: Thayphyengnyang) (hangeul 태평양)

1. hanja form^? of 태평양 (“Pacific Ocean”)

太平洋

1. chữ Hán form of Thái Bình Dương (“Pacific Ocean”).