海海

Chinese

		ocean; sea	ocean; sea
simp. and trad. (海海)		海	海

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-hái

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-hái
  - Tâi-lô: hái-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hay'hae
  - IPA (Penang): /hai⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ hai⁴⁴⁵/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hai⁵³/

Adjective

海海

(Taiwanese Hokkien) nothing special; ordinary (of one's life)
- 1994 June, “歡喜就好 [Just be happy]”, 吳嘉祥 [Wu Jia-Xiang] (lyrics), 吳嘉祥 [Wu Jia-Xiang] (music)‎^[1]performed by 陳雷 [Tân Lûi]:
  
  人生海海　敢需要攏了解　有時仔清醒　有時凊彩 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  人生海海　敢需要拢了解　有时仔清醒　有时凊彩 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  jîn-seng hái-hái, kám su-iàu lóng liáu-kái, ū-sî-á chheⁿ-chhíⁿ, ū-sî chhìn-chhái [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Life is just like that, how can we know everything? Sometimes you have to be serious, and sometimes just take it easy.

Adverb

海海

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) roughly
(Malaysia Hokkien) enormously

Synonyms

(roughly): 大略 (dàlüè)