海子

Chinese

		sea	child [diminutive suffix] [noun suffix]
simp. and trad. (海子)		海	子

Etymology

Said to be Mongolian-influenced Chinese, as any large body of water can be referred to as ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (naɣur) / нуур (nuur) in Mongolian. Compare English sea and German See (“lake”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎizi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎizi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎizi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: hai³-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: hǎi-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hae.tzy
  - Palladius: хайцзы (xajczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi² zi²
  - Yale: hói jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi² ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

海子

(northern and Southwestern Mandarin, chiefly in toponyms) lake (large, landlocked stretch of water)

Synonyms

泊 (pō) (literary, or in compounds)
湖 (hú)
湖泊 (húpō)

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