Yellow Sea

American  

[yel-oh see] / ˈjɛl oʊ ˈsi /

noun

1. an arm of the Pacific Ocean north of the East China Sea, between China and Korea.

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Yellow Sea British  

noun

1. Chinese name: Hwang Hai.  a shallow arm of the Pacific between Korea and NE China. Area: about 466 200 sq km (180 000 sq miles)

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Etymology

Origin of Yellow Sea

First recorded in 1790–1800; translation of Chinese Huáng Hǎi

Example Sentences

Video of another orb says it shows a spherical UAP zooming over the Yellow Sea in 2022.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Images carried by state media showed his daughter, Ju Ae, accompanying him on his visit to the Yellow Sea, where he boarded the warship and examined its capabilities.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

They extend from the Yellow Sea facing South Korea, south to waters of the East China Sea facing Japan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Japan's Coast Guard said on Tuesday the North gave notice of the launch in the direction of the Yellow Sea and East China Sea.

From Reuters • Nov. 21, 2023

It was located in Hwaseong, a city of about five hundred thousand people in the low plains of the central Korean Peninsula, near the Yellow Sea.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden