海市

Chinese

		ocean; sea	market; city
simp. and trad. (海市)		海	市

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎishì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² si⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎishì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎishìh
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-shih⁴
    • Yale: hǎi-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeshyh
    • Palladius: хайши (xajši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² si⁵
    • Yale: hói síh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² si⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² xi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ siː¹³/

Noun

海市

1. (literary) mirage
2. (literary) seaside city

Synonyms

• (mirage): 蜃景 (shènjǐng), 蜃樓／蜃楼 (shènlóu)

Derived terms

• 海市蜃樓 / 海市蜃楼 (hǎishìshènlóu)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (海市):

• → Japanese: 海(かい)市(し) (kaishi)
• → Korean: 해시(海市) (haesi)