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近海

近海

Chinese

		near; close (to); approximately	ocean; sea
simp. and trad. (近海)		近	海

Noun

近海

coastal waters; adjacent seas

Japanese

Kanji in this term
近	海
きん Grade: 2	かい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

近海 ‎(hiragana きんかい, romaji kinkai)

coastal waters; adjacent seas

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jìnhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gan⁶ hoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiun-hói
Min Nan (POJ): kīn-hái / kūn-hái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jìnhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnhae
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gan⁶ hoi²
  - Yale: gahn hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gan⁶ hoi²
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐn²² hɔːi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiun-hói
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiun hoi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiun⁴ hoi³
  - IPA: /kʰi̯un⁵⁵ ho̯i³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kīn-hái / kūn-hái
  - Tâi-lô: kīn-hái / kūn-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kixnhae, kuxnhae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kin²²⁻²¹ haɪ⁵³/, /kun²²⁻²¹ haɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kin⁴¹⁻²² haɪ⁵⁵⁴/, /kun⁴¹⁻²² haɪ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin²²⁻²¹ haɪ⁵³/, /kun²²⁻²¹ haɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kin³³⁻¹¹ haɪ⁵³/, /kun³³⁻¹¹ haɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin³³⁻²¹ haɪ⁴¹/, /kun³³⁻²¹ haɪ⁴¹/