DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

台灣海峽

简台湾海峡 · 繁台灣海峽

Mandarin · pinyin Tái wān Hǎi xiá

Taiwan Strait

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

台: tái · platform; unit; term of address
灣: Look up this written character
海: hǎi · sea, ocean; maritime
峽: Look up this written character
湾: wān · bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream
峡: xiá · gorge, strait, ravine; isthmus

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–1–3–2 · Tai2 wan1 Hai3 xia2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

台灣海峽 · find source passages ↗ · 台湾海峡 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗