biển Hoa Đông

Vietnamese

Etymology

biển (“sea”) +‎ Hoa Đông (“East China”); the Vietnamese name doesn't follow any pattern of naming the East China Sea in other Chinese-influenced languages, probably to avoid any possible confusion between Chinese 東海 ("East China Sea", Sino-Vietnamese reading: Đông Hải) and Vietnamese "Biển Đông", both of which literally mean "east sea"

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɓiən˧˩ hwaː˧˧ ɗəwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɓiəŋ˧˩ʔ hwaː˧˧ ɗəwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ɓiəŋ˨˩˦ waː˧˧ ɗəwŋ͡m˧˧]

Proper noun

biển Hoa Đông

  1. East China Sea

Synonyms

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