Meanings
proper nounthe East China Sea
- A marginal sea east of China, south of the Korean Peninsula, west of the Ryukyu Islands, and north of Taiwan.
The East China Sea (ECS) is located south of the YS to the north of Taiwan (Figure 1). The ECS is usually defined as reaching from the northern end of Taiwan Strait to the southern end of Kyusyu where it adjoins the YS along a line from Kyusyu to Shanghai (the mouth of the Yangtze River).
1998, Akira Kuninaka, AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS AND WATER MASS STRUCTURE OF THE EAST CHINA SEA AND YELLOW SEA, Naval Postgraduate School, page 1
Translations
Afrikaans Oos-Chinese See
- Oos-Chinese Seea sea
Arabic بَحْر الصِّين الشَّرْقِيّ
- بَحْر الصِّين الشَّرْقِيّ (baḥr aṣ-ṣīn aš-šarqiyy)a sea
Basque Ekialdeko Txinako itsasoa
- Ekialdeko Txinako itsasoaa sea
Bengali পূর্ব চীন সাগর
- পূর্ব চীন সাগর (purbo cin śagor)a sea
Bulgarian Източнокитайско море
- Източнокитайско море (Iztočnokitajsko more)a sea
Catalan mar de la Xina Oriental
- mar de la Xina Orientala sea
Chinese Cantonese 東海 /东海
- 東海 /东海a sea
Chinese Mandarin 東海 /东海, 東中國海 /东中国海
- 東海 /东海 (Dōnghǎi)a sea
- 東中國海 /东中国海 (Dōng Zhōngguó Hǎi)a sea
Czech Východočínské moře
- Východočínské mořea sea
Danish Østkinesiske Hav
- Østkinesiske Hava sea
Dutch Oost-Chinese Zee
- Oost-Chinese Zeea sea
Esperanto Orientĉina maro
- Orientĉina maroa sea
Estonian Ida-Hiina meri
- Ida-Hiina meria sea
Finnish Itä-Kiinanmeri, Itä-Kiinan meri
- Itä-Kiinanmeria sea
- Itä-Kiinan meria sea
French mer de Chine orientale
- mer de Chine orientalea sea
German Ostchinesisches Meer
- Ostchinesisches Meera sea
Greek Θάλασσα της Ανατολικής Κίνας
- Θάλασσα της Ανατολικής Κίνας (Thálassa tis Anatolikís Kínas)a sea
Hebrew ים סין המזרחי
- ים סין המזרחי (yám sin ha-mizrakhí)a sea
Hindi पूर्वी चीन सागर
- पूर्वी चीन सागर (pūrvī cīn sāgar)a sea
Hungarian Kelet-kínai-tenger
- Kelet-kínai-tengera sea
Icelandic Austur-Kínahaf
- Austur-Kínahafa sea
Indonesian Laut Tiongkok Timur
- Laut Tiongkok Timura sea
Irish Muir na Síne Thoir
- Muir na Síne Thoira sea
Italian Mar Cinese Orientale
- Mar Cinese Orientalea sea
Japanese 東シナ海, 東支那海
- 東シナ海 (Higashi Shina-kai)a sea
- 東支那海 (Higashi Shina-kai)a sea
Korean 동중국해
- 동중국해 (Dongjunggukhae)a sea
Latvian Austrumķīnas jūra
- Austrumķīnas jūraa sea
Lithuanian Rytų Kinijos jūra
- Rytų Kinijos jūraa sea
Malay Laut China Timur
- Laut China Timura sea
Norwegian Bokmål Øst-Kina-havet
- Øst-Kina-haveta sea
Persian دریای چین شرقی
- دریای چین شرقی (daryâ-ye čin šarqi)a sea
Polish Morze Wschodniochińskie
- Morze Wschodniochińskiea sea
Portuguese Mar da China Oriental
- Mar da China Orientala sea
Punjabi ਪੂਰਬੀ ਚੀਨ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ
- ਪੂਰਬੀ ਚੀਨ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ (pūrbī cīn samundar)a sea
Romanian Marea Chinei de Est
- Marea Chinei de Esta sea
Russian Восто́чно-Кита́йское мо́ре
- Восто́чно-Кита́йское мо́ре (Vostóčno-Kitájskoje móre)a sea
Slovak Východočínské more
- Východočínské morea sea
Spanish mar de China Oriental
- mar de China Orientala sea
Swedish Östkinesiska havet
- Östkinesiska haveta sea
Tamil கிழக்கு சீனக்கடல்
- கிழக்கு சீனக்கடல் (kiḻakku cīṉakkaṭal)a sea
Thai ทะเลจีนตะวันออก
- ทะเลจีนตะวันออก (tá-lee-jiin-dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk)a sea
Turkish Doğu Çin Denizi
- Doğu Çin Denizia sea
Ukrainian Східнокитайське море
- Східнокитайське мореa sea
Vietnamese Biển Hoa Đông, Đông Hải
- Biển Hoa Đônga sea
- Đông Hảia sea
Welsh Môr Dwyrain Tsieina
- Môr Dwyrain Tsieinaa sea
Cite this entry
APA
East China Sea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20China%20Sea
MLA
“East China Sea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20China%20Sea. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “East China Sea,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20China%20Sea.
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