# 東海
## Chinese

* 東海

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Dōnghǎi
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄏㄞˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dung$^1$ hoi$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Tûng-hói
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tang-hái
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Dōnghǎi
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄏㄞˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Donghǎi
*** Wade–Giles: Tung$^1$-hai$^3$
*** Yale: Dūng-hǎi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Donghae
*** Palladius: Дунхай (Dunxaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʊŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dung$^1$ hoi$^2$
*** Yale: dūng hói
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dung$^1$ hoi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dung$^1$ hoi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʊŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tûng-hói
*** Hakka Romanization System: dung$^ˊ$ hoi$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: dung$^1$ hoi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tuŋ²⁴ hoi̯³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tang-hái
*** Tâi-lô: Tang-hái
*** Phofsit Daibuun: danghae
*** IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ³³ hai⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: tuwng xojX
Rime :
| Character | 東 | 海 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (1) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 德紅切 | 呼改切 |
| Baxter | tuwng | xojX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tuŋ/ | /hʌi$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tuŋ/ | /həi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tuŋ/ | /xɒi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /təwŋ/ | /həj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /tuŋ/ | /xᴀi$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /tuŋ/ | /xɒi$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tuŋ/ | /xɑ̆i$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dōng | hǎi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dung$^1$ | hoi$^2$ |

### Proper noun

東海
* East China Sea (a sea)
* (Vietnam) South China Sea (a sea)
* (Korea) Sea of Japan (a sea)
* (～郡) (historical) Donghai Commandery (in present day Shandong province, China)
* (～縣) Donghai (a county of Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China)
* (～鎮) Donghai (a town in Chengxiang district, Putian, Fujian, China)
* (～鎮) Donghai (a town in Jidong, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China)
* (～鎮) Donghai (a town in Qidong, Nantong, Jiangsu, China)
* (～街道) Donghai (a subdistrict of Lufeng, Shanwei, Guangdong, China)
* (～市) Tōkai (a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan)
* (～市) Donghae (a city in South Korea)
* (～大學) Tunghai University (a university in Taiwan)
* (～大學) Tōkai University (a university in Japan)

#### Synonyms

* (East China Sea): (literary) 東瀛／东瀛 (Dōngyíng)

#### Derived terms

* 東海揚塵／东海扬尘
* 東海撈針／东海捞针 (dōnghǎilāozhēn)
* 東海桑田／东海桑田
* 福如東海／福如东海 (fúrúdōnghǎi)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 東 | 海 |
| とう Grade: 2 | かい Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 東海 (kyūjitai)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) とーかい [tòókáí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [to̞ːka̠i]

### Proper noun

東(とう)海(かい) • (Tōkai)
* A region of Japan.
* a surname

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 東 | 海 |

### Proper noun

東海 • (Donghae) (hangeul 동해)
* hanja form of 동해 (“Sea of Japan”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 東 | 海 |

### Proper noun

東海
* chữ Hán form of Đông Hải (“East China Sea”).