海蛇

海蛇

Chinese

		ocean; sea	snake; serpent
simp. and trad. (海蛇)		海	蛇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎishé

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² se⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hói-sà
• Min Nan (POJ): hái-chôa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hǎishé
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haesher
    • IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² se⁴
    • Yale: hói sèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² se⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² sé⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯³⁵ sɛː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-sà
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoi` saˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hoi³ sa²
    • IPA: /hoi̯³¹ sa¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chôa
    • Tâi-lô: hái-tsuâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hayzoaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /haɪ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sua²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /haɪ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua²³/

Noun

海蛇

1. sea snake

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	蛇
うみ Grade: 2	へび Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

海 (umi, “sea”) +‎ 蛇 (hebi, “snake”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) うみへび [ùmíhébí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝmʲihe̞bʲi]

Noun

海蛇 (hiragana うみへび, katakana ウミヘビ, rōmaji umihebi)

1. a sea snake

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN