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北海

Běi Hǎi

2-character word

What 北海 means

1. North Sea (in Europe)
2. historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal {贝加尔湖|Bèi jiā ěr Hú}, Russia

Other readings

北海 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Běi hǎisee {北海公园|Běi hǎi Gōng yuán}; see {北海市|Běi hǎi Shì}

The characters in 北海

• 北běinorth; (classical) to be defeated
• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things

Example sentences

• 我去过北海道。
  I've been to Hokkaido before.
• 去北海道滑雪。
  I will go skiing in Hokkaido.
• 他去北海道了。
  He has gone to Hokkaido.
• 你去过北海道吗？
  Have you been to Hokkaido?
• 他曾去过北海道。
  He has been to Hokkaido.
• 我明天要去北海道。
  I will go to Hokkaido tomorrow.

Words starting with 北海

• 北海道Běi hǎi dàoHokkaidō, Japan
• 北海公园Běi hǎi Gōng yuánBeihai Park, in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City
• 北海市Běi hǎi ShìBeihai, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 广西壮族自治区
• 北海舰队Běi hǎi Jiàn duìNorth Sea Fleet