大海

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	ocean; sea
simp. and trad. (大海)		大	海
anagram		海大

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ hoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-hói
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tōa-hái

(Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ hai²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶da-he₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàhǎi
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-hai³
  - Yale: dà-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahhae
  - Palladius: дахай (daxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ hoi²
  - Yale: daaih hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-hói
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai hoi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ hoi³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ hoi̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-hái
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxhae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² hai⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ hai⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dua⁷ hai²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā hái
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ hai⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶da-he₅
  - MiniDict: da^去 he^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-he₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² he⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: dajH|daH xojX

Rime
Character	大	大	海
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	呼改切
Baxter	dajH	daH	xojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/hʌi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/həi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/xɒi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daj^H/	/da^H/	/həj^X/
Li Rong	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/xᴀi^X/
Wang Li	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/xɒi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑi^H/	/dʱɑ^H/	/xɑ̆i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	hǎi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai⁶	do⁶	hoi²

Noun

大海

ocean; sea (as a whole)
我現在的住所唯有高山，不見大海。 [MSC, trad.]
我现在的住所唯有高山，不见大海。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ xiànzài de zhùsuǒ wéiyǒu gāoshān, bù jiàn dàhǎi. [Pinyin]
Where I live now there is no sea, but only high mountains.
(literary) large bowl or wine cup

Synonyms

(ocean):

大洋 (dàyáng)
洋海 (yánghǎi)
海 (hǎi)
海洋 (hǎiyáng)
滄海 / 沧海 (cānghǎi) (literary, vast ocean)
滄瀛 / 沧瀛 (cāngyíng) (literary, vast ocean)
遠洋 / 远洋 (yuǎnyáng) (ocean far away from the mainland)

Derived terms

大海撈針 / 大海捞针 (dàhǎilāozhēn)
大海裡撈針 / 大海里捞针
東洋大海 / 东洋大海
汪洋大海 (wāngyángdàhǎi)
浮萍大海
石投大海
石沉大海 (shíchéndàhǎi)
龍入大海 / 龙入大海

Japanese

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たいかい [tàíkáí] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) おおうみ [òóúꜜmì] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [ta̠ika̠i]
IPA^(key): [o̞ːɯ̟mʲi]

Noun

Kanji in this term
大	海
たい Grade: 1	かい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

大(たい)海(かい) • (taikai)

ocean

Synonyms

大(たい)洋(よう) (taiyō), オーシャン (ōshan)

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
大	海
ひろ Grade: 1	み Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

大(ひろ)海(み) • (Hiromi)

a male given name