填海

Chinese

		to fill in	ocean; sea
simp. and trad. (填海)		填	海

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiánhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin⁴ hoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiánhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiánhǎi
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien²-hai³
  - Yale: tyán-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyanhae
  - Palladius: тяньхай (tjanʹxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin⁴ hoi²
  - Yale: tìhn hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin⁴ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin⁴ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/

Verb

填海

to fill up the ocean
to reclaim land

Derived terms

精衛填海／精卫填海 (jīngwèitiánhǎi)

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