Etymology

Qinghai

Qing·hai
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Today it means: A province in northwestern China. Capital: Xining. Full definition →

Mandarin 青海 /靑海
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from青海 /靑海
  2. English todayQinghai

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 青海 /靑海 (Qīnghǎi, literally “Blue Sea”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.