冷害

Chinese

		cold	to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
trad. (冷害)		冷	害
simp. ^#(冷害)		冷	害

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lěnghài

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˇ ㄏㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laang⁵ hoi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lěnghài
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ ㄏㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lěnghài
  - Wade–Giles: lêng³-hai⁴
  - Yale: lěng-hài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leenghay
  - Palladius: лэнхай (lɛnxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: laang⁵ hoi⁶
  - Yale: láahng hoih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laang⁵ hoi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lang⁵ hoi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːŋ¹³ hɔːi̯²²/

Noun

冷害

(agriculture) damage to plants caused by a cold spell

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冷	害
れい Grade: 4	がい Grade: 4

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 冷害 (leng gai^H, literally “cold + harm, injury”). Compare modern Mandarin 冷害 (lěnghài).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) れーがい [rèégáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːɡa̠i]

Noun

冷(れい)害(がい) • (reigai)

damage from cold weather, cool summer damage (to harvest)

See also

山背(やませ) (yamase): a cold wind that blows from the Pacific coast in the northeast of Japan in the summer

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN