海外

海外

Chinese

		ocean; sea	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
simp. and trad. (海外)		海	外
anagram		外海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎiwài

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² ngoi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hói-ngoi
• Min Nan (POJ): hái-gōa
• Wu (Wiktionary): he nga (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hǎiwài
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄨㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeway
    • IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² ngoi⁶
    • Yale: hói ngoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² ngoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² ngoi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯³⁵ ŋɔːy̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-ngoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoi` ngoi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hoi³ ngoi⁴
    • IPA: /hoi̯³¹ ŋoi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-gōa
    • Tâi-lô: hái-guā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hay'goa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ gua²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /haɪ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ gua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ gua²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ gua³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /haɪ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ gua³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: he nga (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /he̞³³ ŋa̱⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /hʌi^X  ŋuɑi^H/▼

Rime
Character	海	外
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	泰 (26)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	呼改切	五會切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʌiX/	/ŋuɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/həiX/	/ŋʷɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/xɒiX/	/ŋuɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/həjX/	/ŋwajH/
Li Rong	/xᴀiX/	/ŋuɑiH/
Wang Li	/xɒiX/	/ŋuɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɑ̆iX/	/ŋuɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hǎi	wèi

Noun

海外

1. overseas; abroad

Antonyms

• 海內／海内 (hǎinèi)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	外
かい Grade: 2	がい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 海外 (xoj^X ngwaj^H, literally “sea + outside, beyond”). Compare modern Mandarin 海外 (hǎiwài).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) か​いがい [káꜜìgàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠iɡa̠i]

Noun

海外 (hiragana かいがい, rōmaji kaigai)

1. the area beyond the borders, overseas, foreign countries

Usage notes

As Japan is an island nation, all other countries are “beyond the sea”. This word is thus often used synonymously with 国際 (kokusai, “international”).

Synonyms

• (international): 国際 (こくさい) (kokusai)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
海	外

Noun

海外 • (hae-oe) (hangeul 해외)

1. Hanja form^? of 해외 (“overseas”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
海	外

Noun

海外

1. Hán tự form of hải ngoại (“overseas”).