冷害

Chinese

		cold	to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
trad. (冷害)		冷	害
simp. #(冷害)		冷	害

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěnghài

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˇ ㄏㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laang⁵ hoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěnghài
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ ㄏㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěnghài
    • Wade–Giles: lêng³-hai⁴
    • Yale: lěng-hài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leenghay
    • Palladius: лэнхай (lɛnxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laang⁵ hoi⁶
    • Yale: láahng hoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laang⁵ hoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lang⁵ hoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːŋ¹³ hɔːi̯²²/

Noun

冷害

1. (agriculture) damage to plants caused by a cold spell

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冷	害
れい Grade: 4	がい Grade: 4

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 冷害 (leng gai^H, literally “cold + harm, injury”). Compare modern Mandarin 冷害 (lěnghài).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) れーがい [rèégáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːɡa̠i]

Noun

冷(れい)害(がい) • (reigai) 

1. damage from cold weather, cool summer damage (to harvest)

See also

• 山背(やませ) (yamase): a cold wind that blows from the Pacific coast in the northeast of Japan in the summer