薄海

Chinese

		thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint	ocean; sea
trad. (薄海)		薄	海
simp. #(薄海)		薄	海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bóhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok⁶ hoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bóhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bóhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: po²-hai³
    • Yale: bwó-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borhae
    • Palladius: бохай (boxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok⁶ hoi²
    • Yale: bohk hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁹ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog⁶ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚² hɔːi̯³⁵/

Adjective

薄海

1. (literary, figurative, of an area) large; vast; wide

Synonyms

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• 光大 (guāngdà)
• 宏大 (hóngdà)
• 寬大／宽大 (kuāndà)
• 寬闊／宽阔 (kuānkuò)
• 巨大 (jùdà)
• 廣／广
• 廣大／广大 (guǎngdà)
• 廣闊／广阔 (guǎngkuò)
• 龐／庞 (literary, or in compounds)
• 龐大／庞大 (pángdà)
• 洪大 (hóngdà)
• 浩大 (hàodà)
• 無邊／无边 (wúbiān)
• 甚大 (shèndà) (literary)
• 莽莽 (mǎngmǎng)
• 蕩／荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 遼闊／辽阔 (liáokuò)

 

Noun

薄海

1. (literary, figurative) the world; the whole world

Synonyms

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• 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 世界 (shìjiè)
• 區宇／区宇 (qūyǔ) (literary, figurative)
• 四國／四国 (sìguó) (literary)
• 四海 (sìhǎi) (literary, figurative)
• 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary)
• 天下 (tiānxià) (literary, figurative)
• 天跤下 (Hokkien, figurative)
• 宇內／宇内 (yǔnèi) (literary, figurative)