滄海

See also: 沧海

Chinese

		blue; green (colour of water); cold blue; green (colour of water); cold; vast (of water)	ocean; sea
trad. (滄海)		滄	海
simp. (沧海)		沧	海
alternative forms		蒼海／苍海倉海／仓海
anagram		海滄／海沧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cānghǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄤㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ hoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhông-hói
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhong-hái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cānghǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄤㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: canghǎi
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-hai³
  - Yale: tsāng-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsanghae
  - Palladius: цанхай (canxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cong¹ hoi²
  - Yale: chōng hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhông-hói
  - Hakka Romanization System: cong^ˊ hoi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cong¹ hoi³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ²⁴ hoi̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong-hái
  - Tâi-lô: tshong-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhonghae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ³³ hai⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁴¹/

Noun

滄海

(literary) vast ocean; large ocean

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

曾經滄海 / 曾经沧海 (céngjīngcānghǎi)
曾經滄海難為水 / 曾经沧海难为水 (céng jīng cānghǎi nán wéi shuǐ)
滄海一粟 / 沧海一粟 (cānghǎiyīsù)
滄海桑田 / 沧海桑田 (cānghǎisāngtián)
滄海橫流 / 沧海横流
滄海遺珠 / 沧海遗珠 (cānghǎiyízhū)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滄	海
そう Hyōgai	かい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
(kyūjitai) 蒼海

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーかい [sòókáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːka̠i]

Noun

滄(そう)海(かい) • (sōkai) ^{←さうかい (saukai)^?}

blue waters; vast ocean

Derived terms

滄海桑田(そうかいそうでん) (sōkaisōden)
滄(そう)海(かい)変(へん)じて桑(そう)田(でん)となる (sōkai henjite sōden to naru)
桑(そう)田(でん)滄(そう)海(かい) (sōdensōkai)
桑(そう)田(でん)変(へん)じて滄(そう)海(かい)となる (sōden henjite sōkai to naru)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
滄	海

Noun

滄海 • (changhae) (hangeul 창해)

hanja form^? of 창해 (“vast ocean”)