海事

Chinese

		ocean; sea	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (海事)		海	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎishì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² si⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎishì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎishìh
  - Wade–Giles: hai³-shih⁴
  - Yale: hǎi-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeshyh
  - Palladius: хайши (xajši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi² si⁶
  - Yale: hói sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi² xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ siː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-sū
  - Tâi-lô: hái-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haysu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/

Noun

海事

maritime affairs
accident at sea

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	事
かい Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 海(かい) (kai, “sea; marine”) + 事(じ) (ji, “affair; matter”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かいじ [káꜜìjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ka̠iʑi]

Noun

海(かい)事(じ) • (kaiji)

maritime affairs