瀚海
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Chinese
| vast wide |
sea(s) ocean(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (瀚海) |
瀚 | 海 | |
Etymology
In reference to the Gobi, variant of earlier 翰海, glossed under the Tang as intending "Northern Sea" but later mistranslated by Ferdinand von Richthofen as "Dry Sea", still occasionally repeated in various sources.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄏㄞˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Hànhǎi
- Wade–Giles: Han4-hai3
- Yale: Hàn-hǎi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hannhae
- Palladius: Ханьхай (Xanʹxaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xän⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hon6 hoi2
- Yale: hohn hói
- Cantonese Pinyin: hon6 hoi2
- Guangdong Romanization: hon6 hoi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔːn²² hɔːi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: hanH xojX
Proper noun
瀚海
- (historical) An ancient placename in northern China, which variously referred to the Hulun, Buir and Baikal lakes, or the Khangai Mountains.
- (dated) Gobi Desert
- alt. forms: 翰海
Noun
瀚海
References
- "翰海", 日本最大級のオンライン中国語辞典.
- "翰海", Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary (2021), Republic of China Ministry of Education.
- Emil Bretschneider, "Notes on Chinese Mediaeval Travellers to the West: Extract from the Si yu lu (Ye-lü Ch'u ts'ai, 1219)", Mediaeval Researches from Eastern Asiatic Sources..., Vol. I (1888), p. 15, n. 9.