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bohai

/ˈboʊhaɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables
bo-hai
IPA
/ˈboʊhaɪ/
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Bohai Sea, a gulf of the Yellow Sea in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

name

Synonym of Bohai Bay, a bay of the Bohai Sea or Yellow Sea.

name

A commandery of imperial China.

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 渤海 (Bóhǎi), from 渤 (Bó, “ancient sea name”) + 海 (hǎi, “sea”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈboʊhaɪ/

Inflected Forms

Bo Hai (alternative) Pohai (alternative) P'o-hai (alternative, misspelling)

Synonyms

Bohai Sea Bohai Bay

Questions

How do you pronounce bohai?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈboʊhaɪ/.
What does bohai mean?
Synonym of Bohai Sea, a gulf of the Yellow Sea in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
Where does bohai come from?
It is traced to Chinese.

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