青海

See also: 靑海

Chinese

	blue	sea(s)
trad. (青海)	青	海
simp. ^#(青海)	青	海
alternative forms	靑海
anagram	海青

Etymology

Compare similar-meaning names for Qinghai Lake in other languages: Tibetan མཚོ་སྔོན (mtsho sngon), མཚོ་སྔོན་པོ (mtsho sngon po, “blue lake”), Mongolian ᠬᠥᠬᠡ
ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (köke naɣur, “blue lake”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Qīnghǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ hoi²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Chhiâng-hói

(Meixian, Guangdong): qiang¹ hoi³
Eastern Min (BUC): Chĭng-hāi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Chheng-hái

(Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ hai²
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹chin-he

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Qīnghǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Cinghǎi
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻing¹-hai³
  - Yale: Chīng-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chinghae
  - Palladius: Цинхай (Cinxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ hoi²
  - Yale: chīng hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhiâng-hói
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiang´ hoi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ hoi³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴ hoi̯³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: qiang¹ hoi³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hoɪ³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Chĭng-hāi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ŋai³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chheng-hái
  - Tâi-lô: Tshing-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhenghae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ hai⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cên¹ hai²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ hái
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ hai⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹chin-he
  - MiniDict: chin^平 he
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qin-he
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ he²¹/

Middle Chinese: tsheng xojX

Rime
Character	青	海
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	倉經切	呼改切
Baxter	tsheng	xojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/hʌi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/həi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛŋ/	/xɒi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛjŋ/	/həj^X/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/xᴀi^X/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰieŋ/	/xɒi^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰieŋ/	/xɑ̆i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīng	hǎi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing¹	hoi²

Proper noun

青海

(～湖) Qinghai Lake (a lake in Qinghai, China)
- 君不見青海頭，古來白骨無人收。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  君不见青海头，古来白骨无人收。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 杜甫 (Du Fu) (712-770), 兵車行 (The Army Wagons: A Ballad); translated by Stephen Owen
  Jūn bùjiàn Qīnghǎi tóu, gǔlái báigǔ wúrén shōu. [Pinyin]
  Haven’t you seen by Kokonor white bones from ancient times that have never been recovered?
(～省) Qinghai (a province of China; capital: Xining)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (青海):

→ Japanese: 青海(せいかい) (Seikai)
→ Korean: 청해(青海) (Cheonghae)
→ Vietnamese: Thanh Hải (青海)

Others:

→ English: Tsinghai, Tsing-hai, Qinghai, Ch'ing-hai
→ Georgian: ცინგხაი (cingxai)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	海
せい Grade: 1	かい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
靑海 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

青(せい)海(かい) • (Seikai)

Qinghai (a province of China; capital: Xining)

Korean

Hanja in this term
青	海

Proper noun

青海 • (Cheonghae) (hangeul 청해)

Hanja form^? of 청해 (“Qinghai”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
青	海

Proper noun

青海

chữ Hán form of Thanh Hải (“Qinghai”).

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