Balhae

English

Alternative forms

• Parhae, Bohai, Puhai, Bokkai

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 발해 (balhae).

Proper noun

Balhae

1. (historical) A kingdom in southern and eastern Manchuria (in modern China and Russia) and northeastern Korea (in modern North Korea) in the late first millennium, which exsited from 698 C.E. to 926 C.E..

Translations

kingdom

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 渤海國 / 渤海国 (but⁶ hoi² gwok³)

  Mandarin: 渤海國 / 渤海国 (zh) (Bóhǎiguó)

• Japanese: 渤海 (ぼっかい, Bokkai), 渤海国 (ぼっかいこく, Bokkai-koku)
• Korean: 발해 (ko) (balhae), 발해국 (balhaeguk)
• Manchu: ᡦᡠᡥᠠᡳ
  ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (puhai gurun)