North China Sea

English

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.

Proper noun

the North China Sea

  1. the Yellow Sea
    • 2014 March 31, Melanie Burton, Polly Yam, “NEWSMAKER-LME warehousing throws up roadblock for Charles Li”, in Reuters‎[1], archived from the original on 30 June 2022, Breaking City News:
      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.

Synonyms

  • Yellow Sea
  • West Sea
  • West Korea Sea
  • Korea West Sea
  • Korean West Sea
  • West Korean Sea
  • West Sea of Korea
  • Sea of Korea
  • Korean Sea
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