North China Sea en · PROPN
Etymology
Calque of Chinese 北海 (Běihǎi, “Bohai Sea”), from 北 (“north”) + 海 (hǎi, “sea”), phrased in English with reference to the East China Sea and South China Sea.
Meanings
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the Yellow Sea
Li, a past executive at JP Morgan Chase and Merrill Lynch’s China operations who has worked for several law firms in New York was blooded in commodities as a young man, working in the offshore oil fields of the North China sea prior to college.
2014 March 31, Melanie Burton, Polly Yam, “NEWSMAKER-LME warehousing throws up roadblock for Charles Li”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2022, Breaking City News:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| the North China Sea | canonical | lexicographic |
Synonyms
West Sea · West Korean Sea · Korean West Sea · Yellow Sea · Sea of Korea · Korea West Sea · Korean Sea · West Sea of Korea · West Korea Sea