宗谷海峽

Chinese

		school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family	valley	strait; channel; Taiwan Strait
trad. (宗谷海峽)		宗	谷	海峽
simp. (宗谷海峡)		宗	谷	海峡

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 宗谷海峡.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zōnggǔ Hǎixiá

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥ ㄍㄨˇ ㄏㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zōnggǔ Hǎixiá [Phonetic: zōnggúhǎixiá]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥ ㄍㄨˇ ㄏㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Zonggǔ Hǎisiá
    • Wade–Giles: Tsung¹-ku³ Hai³-hsia²
    • Yale: Dzūng-gǔ Hǎi-syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tzongguu Haeshya
    • Palladius: Цзунгу Хайся (Czungu Xajsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵/

Proper noun

宗谷海峽

1. La Pérouse Strait, Sōya Strait (a strait in the Pacific Ocean, between Sakhalin and Hokkaido)