# 北海
## Chinese

* 北海 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 北海 (Cantonese)
* 北海市 (Classical)
* Pet-hói (Hakka)
* Báe̤k-hāi (chê) (Eastern Min)
* Pak-hái (Southern Min)
* 北海 (Wu)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Běihǎi
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄏㄞˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bak$^1$ hoi$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pak-hái
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Běihǎi [Phonetic: béihǎi]
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄏㄞˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Běihǎi
*** Wade–Giles: Pei$^3$-hai$^3$
*** Yale: Běi-hǎi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeihae
*** Palladius: Бэйхай (Bɛjxaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bak$^1$ hoi$^2$
*** Yale: bāk hói
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bak$^7$ hoi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: beg$^1$ hoi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐk̚⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-hái
*** Tâi-lô: Pak-hái
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pakhae
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ hai⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hai⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ hai⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ hai⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ hai⁴¹/

### Proper noun

北海
* (literary) most remote area in the north
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg
    Jūn chù běihǎi, guǎrén chù nánhǎi, wéi shì fēng mǎ niú bù xiàngjí yě. [Pinyin]
    Your ruler dwells near the northern sea, while I, the unworthy one, dwell near the southern sea. Even when our horses and cattle are in heat, they cannot come close to one another.
    From: 7th century, 王勃 (Wang Bo), 滕王閣序
    Běihǎi suī shē, fúyáo kě jiē; dōngyú yǐ shì, sāngyú fēi wǎn. [Pinyin]
    Though the North Sea is far away, one can still get there with the help of the strong wind. Though the morning is gone, it is not too late to make up the loss in the evening.
** (historical, specifically) Caspian Sea
** (historical, specifically) Baikal Lake
* (obsolete) Bohai Sea
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
    Xié Tàishān yǐ chāo Běihǎi, yù rén yuē “wǒ bùnéng”, shì chéng bùnéng yě. [Pinyin]
    In such a thing as taking Mount Taishan under your arm, and leaping over the Bohai Sea with it, if you say to another one “I’m not able to do it,” that is a real case of not being able.
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
    Shùnliú ér dōng xíng, zhìyú Běihǎi, dōngmiàn ér shì, bùjiàn shuǐ duān. [Pinyin]
    Down the river he travelled east until he reached the North Sea; then he looked eastward at the boundless expanse of water.
* North Sea
* Beihai, Beijing
    北海公園／北海公园 ― Běihǎi Gōngyuán ― Beihai Park
* (～市) Beihai (a prefecture-level city in Guangxi, China)
* (historical) Kingdom of Beihai (west of present-day Changle County, Shandong)
* Butterworth (a town in Penang, Malaysia)

#### Synonyms

* (Bohai Sea): 渤海 (Bó Hǎi)

#### Derived terms

* 北海道 (Běihǎidào)
* 挾泰山以超北海 / 挟泰山以超北海 (xié tàishān yǐ chāo běihǎi)

#### Descendants

* → English: Beihai, Pakhoi

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 北 | 海 |
| ほく > ほっ Grade: 2 | かい Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 北海 (kyūjitai)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ほっかい [hòkkáí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ho̞k̚ka̠i]

### Noun

北(ほっ)海(かい) • (hokkai)
* northern sea
    Antonym: 南海 (nankai)

### Proper noun

北(ほっ)海(かい) • (Hokkai)
* North Sea

#### See also

* 北(ほっ)海(かい)道(どう) (Hokkaidō)

### References

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

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 北 | 海 |

### Noun

北海 • (bukhae) (hangeul 북해)
* hanja form of 북해