| 渤 | [ bó ] same as 渤海[Bo2 Hai3], Bohai Sea between Liaoning and Shandong, Gulf of Zhili or Chihli |
| 渤海 | [ bó haǐ ] Bohai Sea, or Bo Hai, between Liaoning and Shandong, Parhae, Korean kingdom in Manchuria and Siberia 698-926 |
| 渤海灣 | [ bó haǐ wān ] Bohai Bay |
| 渤澥桑田 | [ bó xiè sāng tián ] lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes, life's vicissitudes |
| ⇒ 環渤海灣地區 | [ huán bó haǐ wān dì qū ] Bohai Economic Rim (economic region including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Liaoning and Shandong) |