# 大海
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàhǎi
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^6$ hoi$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-hói
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-hái
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dua$^7$ hai$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$da-he$_5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàhǎi
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàhǎi
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-hai$^3$
*** Yale: dà-hǎi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahhae
*** Palladius: дахай (daxaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ hoi$^2$
*** Yale: daaih hói
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ hoi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ hoi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-hói
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai hoi$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tai$^4$ hoi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ hoi̯³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-hái
*** Tâi-lô: tuā-hái
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doaxhae
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² hai⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ hai⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ hai⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dua$^7$ hai$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā hái
*** Sinological IPA : /tua¹¹ hai⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$da-he$_5$
*** MiniDict: da$^去$ he$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$da-he$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² he⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: dajH|daH xojX
Rime :
| Character | 大 | 大 | 海 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 定 (7) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 泰 (25) | 歌 (94) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I | I |
| Fanqie | 徒蓋切 | 唐佐切 | 呼改切 |
| Baxter | dajH | daH | xojX |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /hʌi$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /həi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /xɒi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /daj$^H$/ | /da$^H$/ | /həj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /xᴀi$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /xɒi$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /dʱɑi$^H$/ | /dʱɑ$^H$/ | /xɑ̆i$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dài | duò | hǎi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | daai$^6$ | do$^6$ | hoi$^2$ |

### Noun

大海
* ocean; sea (as a whole)
       Wǒ xiànzài de zhùsuǒ wéiyǒu gāoshān, bù jiàn dàhǎi. [Pinyin]
       Where I live now there is no sea, but only high mountains.
* (literary) large bowl or wine cup

#### Synonyms

* (ocean):
* 大洋 (dàyáng)
* 洋海 (yánghǎi)
* 海洋 (hǎiyáng)
* 滄海／沧海 (cānghǎi) (literary, vast ocean)
* 滄瀛／沧瀛 (cāngyíng) (literary, vast ocean)
* 遠洋／远洋 (yuǎnyáng) (ocean far away from the mainland)

#### Derived terms

* 大海撈針／大海捞针 (dàhǎilāozhēn)
* 大海裡撈針／大海里捞针
* 東洋大海／东洋大海
* 汪洋大海 (wāngyángdàhǎi)
* 浮萍大海
* 石投大海
* 石沉大海 (shíchéndàhǎi)
* 龍入大海／龙入大海

## Japanese
### Noun

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 海 |
| たい Grade: 1 | かい Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 大海 (kyūjitai)
大(たい)海(かい) • (taikai)
* ocean

#### Synonyms

* 大(たい)洋(よう) (taiyō), オーシャン (ōshan)

### Proper noun

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 海 |
| ひろ Grade: 1 | み Grade: 2 |
* Alternative spelling
* 大海 (kyūjitai)
大(ひろ)海(み) • (Hiromi)
* a male given name