View source for 南海

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms}}
{{zh-wp|zh|yue|lzh|gan|hak:Nàm-hói|cdo:Nàng-hāi|nan:Lâm-hái|wuu}}

===Etymology===
; "Nanhai, Guangdong, China; Nanhai Commandery"
: Officially, with the creation of the ''{{w|Nanhai Commandery}}'' in southern China in 214 BCE as attested in the ''{{w|Records of the Grand Historian}}''.

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|m=Nánhǎi
|c=naam4 hoi2
|c-t=nam3 hoi2
|mn=Lâm-hái
|mn-t=nam5 hai2
|mc=y
|oc=y
|cat=pn
}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|zh|proper noun}}

# [[South China Sea]]
# {{place|zh|t=Nanhai|lake|area/Zhongnanhai|district/Xicheng|city/Beijing|c/China}}
# {{zh-div|區|f=縣}} {{place|zh|t=Nanhai|district|prefecture-level city/Foshan|p/Guangdong|c/China|;|former county|p/Guangdong|c/China}}
# {{zh-div|鎮}} {{place|zh|t=Nanhai|town|county-level city/Songzi|prefecture-level city/Jingzhou|p/Hubei|c/China}}
# {{zh-div|鄉}} {{place|zh|t=Nanhai|township|county/Pingtan|prefecture-level city/Fuzhou|p/Fujian|c/China}}
# {{lb|zh|historical}} {{zh-div|郡}} [[Nanhai]], a [[commandery]] of [[imperial]] [[China]]
# {{lb|zh|literary|figurative}} the [[extreme]] [[south]]
#* {{zh-x|君 處 北海，寡人 處 南海，唯 是 風.馬.牛.不.相及 也。|"{{w|Duke Huan of Qi|Your ruler}} dwells near the northern sea, while I, the unworthy one, dwell near the '''southern sea'''. Even when our horses and cattle are in heat, they cannot come close to one another.|ref=Zuozhuan-D}}
# {{lb|zh|historical}} {{place|zh|t={{w|Mount Putuo}}|island/and/mountain|prefecture-level city/Zhoushan|p/Zhejiang|c/China}}
#* {{zh-x|^蜀 之 鄙 有 二 僧：其 一 貧，其 一 富。貧 者 語 於 富 者 曰：「吾 欲 之 ^南海，何如？」||ref='''18th century''', {{lw|zh|彭端淑}}, {{lw|zh|s:爲學一首示子姪|為學一首示子姪}}|CL}}

====Synonyms====
* {{s|South China Sea}} {{zh-l|南中國海}}
* {{s|Mount Putuo}} {{zh-l|普陀山}}

{{C|zh|Seas}}

==Japanese==
{{ja-kanjitab|なん|かい|yomi=o}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{ja-pron|なんかい|acc=0|acc_ref=NHK}}

===Noun===
{{ja-noun|なんかい}}

# a [[southern]] sea
# {{lb|ja|specifically}} [[South China Sea]]
#: {{syn|ja|南シナ海}}
# Short for {{ja-r|南海道|なんかいどう}}

===References===
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