海法

Chinese

		ocean; sea	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (海法)		海	法

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Arabic حَيْفَا (ḥayfā).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hǎifǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄈㄚˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-hoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hǎifǎ [Phonetic: háifǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hǎifǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Hai³-fa³
    • Yale: Hǎi-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Haefaa
    • Palladius: Хайфа (Xajfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: hái-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hay'hoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/

Proper noun

海法

1. Haifa (a city in Israel)