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海带

hǎi dài

2-character word Traditional 海帶

What 海带 means

1. kelp

The characters in 海带

• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 带dàiband; belt; girdle

Example sentences

• 你国家的人吃海带吗?
  Nǐ guójiā de rén chī hǎidài ma?
  Do people from your country eat kelp?

Sounds the same

Read hǎi dài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 海待student who has returned from overseas but is yet to find a job (pun on 海带; cf. 海归
• 海岱Haidai, historical region extending from the Bohai Sea to Mt Tai in Shandong