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北海
Mandarin · pinyin Běi Hǎi#
Meanings · Běi Hǎi
- North Sea (in Europe)
- historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal 貝加爾湖 Bèi jiā ěr Hú, Russia
Mandarin · pinyin Běi hǎi#
Meanings · Běi hǎi
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3–3 · Bei3 Hai3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bak1 hoi2
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
name
- (literary) most remote area in the north
- (literary) most remote area in the north — (historical, specifically) Caspian Sea
- (literary) most remote area in the north — (historical, specifically) Baikal Lake
- (obsolete) Bohai Sea
- North Sea
- Beihai, Beijing
- (～市) Beihai (a prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China)
- (historical) Kingdom of Beihai (west of present-day Changle County, Shandong)
- Butterworth (a town in Penang, Malaysia)
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