South China Sea

English thumb|South China Sea Etymology en Pronunciation en /ˈsaʊθ ˌtʃaɪnə ˈsiː/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-South China Sea.wav Southern England Proper noun south China sea 1 en marginal sea of the Western ocean/Pacific on the East coast of continent/Asia. The western arm of the Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland and Taiwan, Borneo and the Philippines. en East Vietnamese Sea Vietnam East Sea Vietnam West Philippine Sea Philippines West Sea Philippines South Sea China en East China Sea Bohai Sea North China Sea en 1898 May The Philippine Islands The Locomotive https://archive.org/details/locomotive19hart/ XIX 5 Hartford, Conn. Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company 42342816 77 https://archive.org/details/locomotive19hart/page/77/ The Philippine Islands are an archipelago southeast of Asia. They extend almost due north and south from Formosa to Borneo, and they separate the South China Sea from the Pacific Ocean. en 2015 w:Dick Cheney; w:Liz Cheney Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_m7b2/ w:Threshold Editions 978-1-5011-1541-7 935894711 26650505M 222 https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_m7b2/page/222/ Ignoring international law, the Chinese have claimed sovereignty over most of the South China Sea and are embarked upon a massive land reclamation and construction program to bolster these claims. Brad Lendon and Ivan Watson Newly leaked video shows F-35 crashing in flames on aircraft carrier https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/07/asia/f-35-aircraft-carrier-crash-new-video-intl-hnk/index.html 2022-02-07 “We are aware that there has been an unauthorized release of video footage from flight deck cameras onboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) of the F-35C Lightning II crash that occurred Jan. 24, in the South China Sea. There is an ongoing investigation into both the crash and the unauthorized release of the shipboard video footage,” Cmdr. Zach Harrell, spokesperson for Commander, Naval Air Forces, said in an email. https://web.archive.org/web/20250316085056/https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/07/asia/f-35-aircraft-carrier-crash-new-video-intl-hnk/index.html 16 March 2025 Translations Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland and Taiwan, Borneo and the Philippines Afrikaans: af Suid-Chinese See Albanian: sq Deti i Kinës Jugore Amharic: am ደቡብ ቻይና ባሕር Arabic: ar بَحْر الصِّين الْجَنُوبِيّ m Armenian: hy Հարավ-Չինական ծով Azerbaijani: az Cənubi Çin dənizi Basque: eu Hego Txinako itsasoa Belarusian: be Паўднёва-Кіта́йскае мо́ра n Bengali: bn দক্ষিণ চীন সাগর Breton: br Mor Su Sina m Bulgarian: bg Южнокита́йско море́ n Burmese: my တောင်တရုတ်ပင်လယ် Catalan: ca mar de la Xina Meridional f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 南海 naam4 hoi2, yue 南中國海 naam4 zung1 gwok3 hoi2 Mandarin: cmn 南海 Nánhǎi, cmn 南中國海 Nán Zhōngguó Hǎi Czech: cs Jihočínské moře n Danish: da Sydkinesiske Hav n Dutch: nl Zuid-Chinese Zee f Esperanto: eo Sudĉina Maro Estonian: et Lõuna-Hiina meri Finnish: fi Etelä-Kiinanmeri French: fr mer de Chine méridionale f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Súdsineeske See Galician: gl mar da China Meridional m Georgian: ka სამხრეთ ჩინეთის ზღვა German: de Südchinesisches Meer n Greek: el Θάλασσα της Νότιας Κίνας f Gujarati: gu દક્ષિણ ચીન સાગર Hebrew: he ים סין הדרומי m yám sin ha-drómi Hindi: hi दक्षिण चीन सागर m Hungarian: hu Dél-kínai-tenger Icelandic: is Suður-Kínahaf n Indonesian: id Laut Tiongkok Selatan, id Laut Natuna Utara North Natuna Sea formal Irish: ga Muir na Síne Theas f Italian: it Mar Cinese Meridionale m Japanese: ja 南シナ海 みなみしなかい, Minami Shina-kai, ja 南支那海 みなみしなかい, Minami Shina-kai, ja 南中国海 Kazakh: kk Оңтүстік Қытай теңізі Khmer: km សមុទ្រចិនខាងត្បូង Korean: ko ^남중국해(南中國海) Kyrgyz: ky Түштүк Кытай деңизи Lao: lo ທະເລຈີນໃຕ້ Latvian: lv Dienvidķīnas jūra f Lithuanian: lt Pietų Kinijos jūra f Macedonian: mk Јужнокинеско Море n Malay: ms Laut China Selatan Malayalam: ml ദക്ഷിണ ചൈനാക്കടൽ Maltese: mt Baħar Ċiniż Nofsinhar m Marathi: mr दक्षिण चीन समुद्र Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Өмнөд Хятадын тэнгис Navajo: nv Tónteel náátsʼósí Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Sørkinahavet n Nynorsk: nn Sørkinahavet n Persian: fa دریای جنوبی چین daryâ-ye jonubi čin Polish: pl Morze Południowochińskie n Portuguese: pt Mar da China Meridional m Punjabi: pa ਦੱਖਣੀ ਚੀਨ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ Romanian: ro Marea Chinei de Sud f Russian: ru Ю́жно-Кита́йское мо́ре n Scots: sco Sooth Cheenae Sea Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Јужнокинеско море n Latin: sh Južnokinesko more n Slovak: sk Juhočínske more n Slovene: sl Južnokitajsko morje n Spanish: es mar de la China Meridional m Swahili: sw Bahari ya Uchina Kusini Swedish: sv Sydkinesiska sjön c, sv Sydkinesiska havet n Tagalog: tl Timog Dagat Tsina Tajik: tg Баҳри Ҷануби Хитой Tamil: ta தென்சீனக் கடல் Tatar: tt Көньяк Кытай диңгезе Telugu: te దక్షిణ చైనా సముద్రం Thai: th ทะเลจีนใต้ Turkish: tr Güney Çin Denizi Turkmen: tk Günorta Hytaý deňzi Ukrainian: uk Південнокита́йське мо́ре n Urdu: ur بحیرہ جنوبی چین f bahīrā janūbī cīn Uzbek: uz Janubiy Xitoy dengizi Vietnamese: vi Biển Đông (vi 㴜東) Welsh: cy Môr De Tsieina m See also en nine-dash line Further reading en China Malaysia Philippines Seas Taiwan Vietnam