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Bohai Sea en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• bōʹhīsē (General-American)
• /ˈboʊhaɪsiː/ (General-American)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 渤海 (Bóhǎi), from 渤 (Bó, “ancient sea name”) + 海 (hǎi, “sea”), with sea pleonastically distinguishing the meaning in English.

Meanings

1. A gulf of the Yellow Sea in the northern Pacific Ocean beside Shandong, Hebei, Tianjin, and Liaoning on the northeastern coast of mainland China.
   • Bohai Sea is on the northeastern coast of China, bounded by Liaodong and Shandong Peninsulas, so pollution there is slow to wash out to the ocean, exacerbating damage to local marine life. 2009 June 22, “Oil slicks poisoning China's Bohai Sea - official”, in Emma Graham-Harrison, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 14 May 2022, Oil Report:
   • Then there is the question of the water quality in the Bohai Sea, a large basin that swirls into Beidaihe. “The water quality is bad,” said Prof. Wang Yamin, of Shandong University Marine College. Runoffs from chemical fertilizer plants have spoiled the sea in the last 30 or so years as China’s economy has grown, he said. 2019 August 22, Jane Perlez, “At Mao’s Beach, China’s Leaders Still Make History as Lifeguards Hide From the Sun”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2019, Asia Pacific:
   • Another crisis, the deaths of 70 officers and sailors aboard submarine No. 361 in the Bo Hai Sea in late April, further illustrated Hu's new way of doing business, analysts said. 2003 June 27, John Pomfret, “Chinese Leader Solidifies Power”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2024, Politics:

Forms

Hypernyms

Yellow Sea

Hyponyms

Bohai Bay · Bohai Strait · Laizhou Bay · Liaodong Bay

Synonyms

Bohai Bay · Bohai · Gulf of Pechihli · Bohai Gulf · Gulf of Chihli · Bo Hai · Gulf of Bohai

Translations (5)

yue 渤海 (gulf of the Yellow Sea) · cmn 北海 (gulf of the Yellow Sea) · cmn 渤海 (gulf of the Yellow Sea) · hi बोहाई सागर (gulf of the Yellow Sea) · ja 渤海 (gulf of the Yellow Sea)