瀚海

Chinese

		ocean; vastness	ocean; sea
simp. and trad. (瀚海)		瀚	海

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hànhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁶ hoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hànhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Hànhǎi
  - Wade–Giles: Han⁴-hai³
  - Yale: Hàn-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hannhae
  - Palladius: Ханьхай (Xanʹxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon⁶ hoi²
  - Yale: hohn hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁶ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon⁶ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²² hɔːi̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: hanH xojX

Rime
Character	瀚	海
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	侯旰切	呼改切
Baxter	hanH	xojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑn^H/	/hʌi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑn^H/	/həi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑn^H/	/xɒi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦan^H/	/həj^X/
Li Rong	/ɣɑn^H/	/xᴀi^X/
Wang Li	/ɣɑn^H/	/xɒi^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑn^H/	/xɑ̆i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hàn	hǎi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hon⁶	hoi²

Proper noun

瀚海

(historical) An ancient placename in northern China, which variously referred to the Hulun, Buir and Baikal lakes, or the Khangai Mountains.
(dated) Gobi Desert
alt. forms: 翰海

Noun

瀚海

(literary) vast ocean
- 瀚海闌干百丈冰，愁雲慘澹萬里凝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  瀚海阑干百丈冰，愁云惨澹万里凝。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 8th century, 岑參 (Cen Shen), 白雪歌送武判官歸京
  Hànhǎi lángān bǎi zhàng bīng, chóuyún cǎndàn wànlǐ níng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(literary) desert

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