海 hǎi

sea, ocean; maritime

HSK 4 #189

DEFINITIONS

  • sea, ocean
  • maritime
  • surname Hai
  • ocean
  • sea
  • CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]
  • great number of people or things
  • (dialect) numerous

STROKES

海 stroke order diagram
海 stroke order animation

WORDS

翻江倒海 fān jiāng dǎo hǎi lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom); fig. overwhelming; earth-shattering; in a spectacular mess
海参 hǎi shēn sea cucumber
海王 hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea; Neptune, Roman god of the sea; Aquaman, DC comic book superhero; (Internet slang) man or woman who has many intimate relationships at one time
领海 lǐng hǎi territorial waters
海法 hǎi fǎ Haifa (city in Israel)
海瑞 hǎi ruì Hai Rui (1514-1587), Ming politician, famous for honesty and integrity; Hairui township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
海葵 hǎi kuí sea anemone
海量 hǎi liàng huge volume
海陆空 hǎi lù kòng sea land air (transport, or military operations)
海顿 hǎi dùn Haydn (name); Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Austrian classical composer
海德公园 hǎi dé gōng yuán Hyde Park
海枯石烂 hǎi kū shí làn lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom); fig. forever; until the end of time
海产 hǎi chǎn marine; produced in sea
海防 hǎi fáng coastal defense
浅海 qiǎn hǎi shallow sea; sea less than 200 meters deep
白令海峡 bái lìng hǎi xiá the Bering Strait (between Siberia and Alaska)
海口 hǎi kǒu Haikou prefecture-level city and capital of Hainan Province 海南省[Hai3 nan2 Sheng3]; estuary; coastal inlet; river mouth; seaport; see also 誇海口|夸海口[kua1 hai3 kou3]
马海毛 mǎ hǎi máo mohair (loanword)
死海 sǐ hǎi the Dead Sea
海迪 hǎi dí Heidi
亚得里亚海 yà dé lǐ yà hǎi Adriatic Sea
山珍海味 shān zhēn hǎi wèi exotic delicacies; luxury foodstuff from distant locations
日本海 rì běn hǎi Sea of Japan
海内 hǎi nèi the whole world; throughout the land; everything under the sun
海床 hǎi chuáng seabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean
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