波羅的海

Chinese

		Baltic	ocean; sea
trad. (波羅的海)		波羅的	海
simp. (波罗的海)		波罗的	海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bōluódì Hǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ lo⁴ dik¹ hoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pho-lô-tek-hái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bōluódì Hǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Boluódì Hǎi
    • Wade–Giles: Po¹-lo²-ti⁴ Hai³
    • Yale: Bwō-lwó-dì Hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Boluodih Hae
    • Palladius: Болоди Хай (Bolodi Xaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ ti⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹ lo⁴ dik¹ hoi²
    • Yale: bō lòh dīk hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ lo⁴ dik⁷ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ lo⁴ dig¹ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ lɔː²¹ tɪk̚⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pho-lô-tek-hái
    • Tâi-lô: Pho-lô-tik-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoiloi'dekhae
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ²³⁻³³ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hai⁴¹/

Proper noun

波羅的海

1. Baltic Sea
   • 1848, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], editor, 瀛寰志略, volume 4, page 3:

     波羅的海之東岸有大城曰彼德羅堡，峩羅斯之都城也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     波罗的海之东岸有大城曰彼德罗堡，峩罗斯之都城也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Bōluóde Hǎi zhī dōng'àn yǒu dà chéng yuē Bǐdéluóbǎo, Éluósī zhī dūchéng yě. [Pinyin]

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Usage notes

Since 的 is the possessive particle in Chinese, sometimes this place name is misunderstood as 菠蘿的海 / 菠萝的海 (bōluó de hǎi, “sea of pineapples”), and Cantonese speakers may also replace 的 (dik¹) with its equivelant word 嘅 (ge³). Note that 的 is pronounced as "dì" when used in phonetic transcriptions as opposed to "de" as a possessive particle.

Similar phenomenon also occurs in the case of 的黎波里 (Dīlíbōlǐ).

Synonyms

• (short form) 波海

Derived terms

• 波羅的海三國 / 波罗的海三国
• 波羅的海之路 / 波罗的海之路 (Bōluódì Hǎi zhī Lù)