威海

Chinese

	power; might; prestige	ocean; sea
trad. (威海)	威	海
simp. ^#(威海)	威	海
anagram	海威

Etymology

From 威 (wēi, “mighty; awe-inspiring”) + 海 (hǎi, “sea”). Established in 1398 during the Ming dynasty as a military garrison named 威海衛／威海卫 (Wēihǎiwèi), intended to mean "awe-inspiring over the Eastern Sea" (威震東海／威震东海).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wēihǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ hoi²
Eastern Min (BUC): Ŭi-hāi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ui-hái
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ue-he

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wēihǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Weihǎi
  - Wade–Giles: Wei¹-hai³
  - Yale: Wēi-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ueihae
  - Palladius: Вэйхай (Vɛjxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai¹ hoi²
  - Yale: wāi hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Ŭi-hāi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ai³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ui-hái
  - Tâi-lô: Ui-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ui'hae
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ui³³ hai⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ue-he
  - MiniDict: ue^平 he
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ue-he
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ue⁵⁵ he²¹/

Proper noun

威海

(～市) Weihai (a prefecture-level city of Shandong, China)

Synonyms

(historical) 威海衛／威海卫 (Wēihǎiwèi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
威	海
い Grade: S	かい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
威海 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

威(い)海(かい) • (Ikai)

Weihai (a city in Shandong, China)

Korean

Hanja in this term
威	海

Proper noun

威海 • (Wihae) (hangeul 위해)

hanja form^? of 위해 (“Weihai”)