煙海

Chinese

		cigarette; tobacco; smoke	ocean; sea
trad. (煙海)		煙	海
simp. (烟海)		烟	海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yānhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ hoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yānhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yanhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹-hai³
    • Yale: yān-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianhae
    • Palladius: яньхай (janʹxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin¹ hoi²
    • Yale: yīn hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

Noun

煙海

1. a vast sea of fog
2. (figuratively) something huge and voluminous

Derived terms

• 浩如煙海／浩如烟海 (hàorúyānhǎi)