Save Type Body of Water & Political Subdivision Usage Chinese, English Scripts 青海(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. CHEENG-KHIE(Chinese) ching-HIE(English) [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Chinese 青 (qīng) meaning "blue, green" and 海 (hǎi) meaning "sea, ocean". This is the name of a lake in as well as a province of China (the province is directly named after the lake).