地中海

Chinese

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Etymology

Calque of Latin Mare Mediterraneum, first attested in the 1602 《坤輿萬國全圖》 (Kunyu Wanguo Quantu) world map.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dìzhōnghǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄨㄥㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ zung¹ hoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thi-chûng-hói
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): Tē-tiong-hái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dìzhōnghǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄨㄥㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dìjhonghǎi
  - Wade–Giles: Ti⁴-chung¹-hai³
  - Yale: Dì-jūng-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dihjonghae
  - Palladius: Дичжунхай (Dičžunxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dei⁶ zung¹ hoi²
  - Yale: deih jūng hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ dzung¹ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ zung¹ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thi-chûng-hói
  - Hakka Romanization System: ti zung´ hoi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ zung¹ hoi³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ t͡suŋ²⁴ hoi̯³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tē-tiong-hái
  - Tâi-lô: Tē-tiong-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexdionghae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /te²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² tiɔŋ³³ hai⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /te³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hai⁴¹/

Proper noun

地中海

the Mediterranean Sea (a sea between Europe and Africa)
- 國中有二大名城，一曰西未利亞，近地中海，為亞墨利加諸舶所聚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  国中有二大名城，一曰西未利亚，近地中海，为亚墨利加诸舶所聚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1623, Giulio Aleni, 職方外紀)
  Guó zhōng yǒu èr dà míngchéng, yī yuē Xīwèilìyà, jìn Dìzhōnghǎi, wéi Yàmòlìjiā zhū bó suǒ jù. [Pinyin]
  The country [Spain] has two major famous cities. One is Seville, near the Mediterranean Sea, was where all the ships of America gathered.

Derived terms

地中海型貧血／地中海型贫血
地中海型農業／地中海型农业
地中海式農業／地中海式农业
地中海貧血／地中海贫血 (dìzhōnghǎi pínxuè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (地中海):

→ Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
→ Korean: 지중해(地中海) (Jijunghae)
→ Vietnamese: Địa Trung Hải (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

Noun

地中海

Alternative term for 陸間海／陆间海 (“mediterranean sea”).
(colloquial) crown baldness

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	中	海
ち Grade: 2	ちゅう Grade: 1	かい Grade: 2
kan’on

Alternative spelling
地中海 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちちゅうかい [chìchúꜜùkàì] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi̥t͡ɕɨᵝːka̠i]

Proper noun

地(ち)中(ちゅう)海(かい) • (Chichūkai)

the Mediterranean Sea (a sea between Europe and Africa)

Korean

Hanja in this term
地	中	海

Proper noun

地中海 • (Jijunghae) (hangeul 지중해)

Hanja form^? of 지중해 (“Mediterranean Sea”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
地	中	海

Proper noun

地中海

chữ Hán form of Địa Trung Hải (“Mediterranean Sea”).

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