Bohai Sea

English thumb|right|250px|Bohai Sea with its strait and three major bays Alternative forms en Bo Hai Sea en Pohai Sea Wade-Giles en P'o-hai Sea misspelling Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn - pronunciation of en zh 渤海 Bóhǎi, from zh 渤 Bó ancient sea name + zh 海 sea, with en sea pleonastically distinguishing the meaning in English. Pronunciation en GA en /ˈboʊhaɪsiː/, bōʹhīsē Proper noun the Bohai sea en A <<gulf>> of the <<sea/Yellow Sea>> in the northern <<ocean/Pacific Ocean>> beside <<province/Shandong>>, <<province/Hebei>>, <<province/Tianjin>>, and <<province/Liaoning>> on the northeastern coast of mainland <<c/China>>. en June 27, 2003 John Pomfret Chinese Leader Solidifies Power w:The Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20240419102106/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2003/06/28/chinese-leader-solidifies-power/32b7f5e3-c2cd-4b1b-aa8e-e2067165c559/ April 19, 2024 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2003/06/28/chinese-leader-solidifies-power/32b7f5e3-c2cd-4b1b-aa8e-e2067165c559/ 0190-8286 2269358 Politics https://archive.ph/dn4jG 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. en JUNE 22, 2009 Oil slicks poisoning China's Bohai Sea - official Emma Graham-Harrison https://web.archive.org/web/20220514170118/https://www.reuters.com/article/china-environment-idINPEK4801920090622 14 May 2022 w:Reuters Oil Report https://archive.ph/107rg 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. en August 22, 2019 w:Jane Perlez At Mao’s Beach, China’s Leaders Still Make History as Lifeguards Hide From the Sun w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20190822091113/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/world/asia/china-beidaihe-beach-communist-party-mao.html 0362-4331 1645522 Asia Pacific https://archive.is/Ks7mY 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. Usage notes Bohai Sea is an informal calque of the Chinese name for the gulf, unrecognized by the still active 3rd edition of the Limits of Oceans and Seas (IHO-23), which considers its waters part of the Yellow Sea. The draft 4th edition officially recognizes itstill as a region of the Yellow Seaunder the less redundant name Bo Hai but remains unratified. Synonyms en Bo Hai quasi-official, en Bohai, en Bohai Bay, en Bohai Gulf, en Gulf of Bohai; archaic en Gulf of Chihli, en Gulf of Pechihli Hypernyms en Yellow Sea Hyponyms en Bohai Bay, en Laizhou Bay, en Liaodong Bay, en Bohai Strait Translations gulf of the Yellow Sea Chinese: Cantonese: yue 渤海 Mandarin: cmn 渤海 Bóhǎi, cmn 北海 Hindi: hi बोहाई सागर m Japanese: ja 渤海 Bokkai Polish: pl Zatoka Pohaj f References Limits of Oceans and Seas (IHO-23), 3rd ed., 1953. Limits of Oceans and Seas (IHO-23), 4th ed. draft, 2002. en Seas en pleonastic compound nouns terms calqued from Chinese