At Night, the Ice Dragons Come

[woodwardiocom]

-I need to name a fictional ocean, in either Chinese or Japanese. The body of water in question is called "The Sea/Ocean of the Ice Dragon". Can anyone translate that for me? (I could probably bludgeon it into Japanese myself -- "Kori No Ryu No Taiyo" -- but best to leave this to someone with more clue.)

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[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

Ask r_ness. He speaks some Chinese.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

:)

In colloquial Mandarin, Ice Dragon Sea is bing1lung2hai3. I think Ice Dragon Ocean is something like bing1lung2yang2. I can find the characters if you like, but I'm not sure how best to paste them into LJ.

If you want something literary, someone with a better grasp of Classical Chinese would be more appropriate.

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

-I think it's technically an ocean, and Pinyin should be fine. This isn't an academic paper.
So, "Bing Lung Yang"?

[edg.livejournal.com]

My best guess is going to be koriryu no umi or koriryuyo; I'm not sure which would be more appropriate, although my money'd be on the former.