서해

Korean

Etymology 1

    Sino-Korean word from 西海.

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰʌ̹ɦɛ] ~ [sʰʌ̹ɦe̞]
    • Phonetic hangul: [서해/서헤]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?Seohae
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?Seohae
    McCune–Reischauer?Sŏhae
    Yale Romanization?sehay

    Proper noun

    서해 • (Seohae) (hanja 西海)

    1. the Yellow Sea (the western sea)
      Synonym: 황해(黃海) (Hwanghae)

    Etymology 2

    Sino-Korean word from 曙海.

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰʌ̹ɦɛ] ~ [sʰʌ̹ɦe̞]
    • Phonetic hangul: [서해/서헤]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?seohae
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?seohae
    McCune–Reischauer?sŏhae
    Yale Romanization?sehay

    Noun

    서해 • (seohae) (hanja 曙海)

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    Etymology 3

    Sino-Korean word from 暑解.

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)ɦɛ] ~ [ˈsʰɘ(ː)ɦe̞]
    • Phonetic hangul: [서(ː)해/서(ː)헤]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?seohae
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?seohae
    McCune–Reischauer?sŏhae
    Yale Romanization?sēhay

    Noun

    서해 • (seohae) (hanja 暑解)

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
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