海漲

Chinese

		ocean; sea	to swell; distend; to rise (of prices, rivers, etc.)
trad. (海漲)		海	漲
simp. (海涨)		海	涨

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-tiòng / hái-tiùⁿ

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-tiòng
  - Tâi-lô: hái-tiòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hay'dioxng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ¹¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-tiùⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hái-tiùnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hay'dviux
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiũ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiũ¹¹/

Noun

海漲

(Hokkien) high tide; rising tide
(Hokkien) tsunami

Synonyms

(rising tide): 漲潮／涨潮 (zhǎngcháo)

Dialectal synonyms of 海嘯 (“tsunami”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		海嘯
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	海嘯
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	海嘯
Cantonese	Hong Kong	海嘯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	海亂
Southern Min	Xiamen	海漲, 滾蛟龍 verb, 起蛟龍 verb
	Quanzhou	海漲
	Leizhou	海吼

References

“海漲”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.