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東海
简 东海 · 繁 東海Characters in this entry
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1–3 · Dong1 Hai3
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dung1 hoi2
Cantonese word readings for 東海. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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- East China Sea (a sea)
- (Vietnam) South China Sea (a sea)
- (Korea) Sea of Japan (a sea)
- (～郡) (historical) Donghai Commandery (in present day Shandong province, China)
- (～縣) Donghai (a county of Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China)
- (～鎮) Donghai (a town in Chengxiang district, Putian, Fujian, China)
- (～鎮) Donghai (a town in Jidong, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China)
- (～鎮) Donghai (a town in Qidong, Nantong, Jiangsu, China)
- (～街道) Donghai (a subdistrict of Lufeng, Shanwei, Guangdong, China)
- (～市) Tōkai (a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan)
- (～市) Donghae (a city in South Korea)
- (～大學) Tunghai University (a university in Taiwan)
- (～大學) Tōkai University (a university in Japan)
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