左海

Chinese

		left	ocean; sea
simp. and trad. (左海)		左	海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuǒhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄞˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒhǎi [Phonetic: zuóhǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: tso³-hai³
    • Yale: dzwǒ-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoohae
    • Palladius: цзохай (czoxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

左海

1. (literary) eastern sea; sea towards the east

Proper noun

左海

1. (literary) Synonym of 東海／东海 (Dōnghǎi, “East China Sea”)
2. (Korean Classical Chinese) Korea

   • 左海雖僻，國亦千乘；羅麗雖儉，民多美俗。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 〈嬰處稿序〉, 《燕巖集》, Bak Jiwon, 1700s

     좌해수벽^(이나) 국역천승^(이요) 나려수검^(이나) 민다미속^(이라)
     Jwahae su byeog[-ina], gug yeok cheonseung[-iyo]; Na Ryeo su geom[-ina], min da misog[-ira]. [Sino-Korean]

     Though Korea is remote, it is still a kingdom [lit. state of one thousand chariots]; though Silla and Goryeo were modest of means, their people had many good customs.

   • 神州陸沈，日月晦暝，而一脈義理，不昧於左海之域。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《朝鮮王朝實錄》 (Journal of the Royal Secretariat), 1720

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (左海):

• → Korean: 좌해(左海) (jwahae)