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海洋

hǎi yáng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

海洋 (hǎi yáng) means "ocean/sea". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 海洋 means

1. ocean

The characters in 海洋

• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 洋yángocean; vast; foreign

Example sentences

• 海洋底部有沙子。
  Hǎiyáng dǐbù yǒu shāzi.
  There is sand at the bottom of the ocean.
• 废水经常污染海洋。
  Fèishuǐ jīngcháng wūrǎn hǎiyáng.
  Sewage often pollutes the ocean.
• 谁能揭开海洋的奥秘？
  Shéi néng jiēkāi hǎiyáng de àomì?
  Who is able to reveal the mysteries of the sea?
• 太平洋是世界上最大的海洋。
  Tàipíng Yáng shì shìjiè shàng zuì dà de hǎiyáng.
  The Pacific is the largest ocean in the world.
• 地球是由海洋和陆地组成的。
  Dìqiú shì yóu hǎiyáng hé lùdì zǔchéng de.
  The earth is made up of sea and land.
• 海洋的深层仍然几乎未被探索。
  Hǎiyáng de shēn céng réngrán jīhū wèi bèi tànsuǒ.
  The deep layers of the ocean are still almost unexplored.

Words starting with 海洋

• 海洋学hǎi yáng xuéoceanography
• 海洋性hǎi yáng xìngmaritime
• 海洋性气候hǎi yáng xìng qì hòumaritime climate
• 海洋温差发电hǎi yáng wēn chā fā diànocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
• 海洋性贫血hǎi yáng xìng pín xuèthalassemia
• 海洋雪hǎi yáng xuěmarine snow

Words containing 海洋

• 国家海洋局Guó jiā Hǎi yáng júState Oceanic Administration (PRC)
• 广东海洋大学Guǎng dōng Hǎi yáng Dà xuéGuangdong Ocean University
• 联合国海洋法公约Lián hé guó Hǎi yáng fǎ Gōng yuēUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
• 中国海洋石油总公司Zhōng guó Hǎi yáng Shí yóu Zǒng gōng sīCNOOC; China National Offshore Oil Corporation

Sounds the same

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

• 海阳see 海阳市

Where 海洋 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Nature & climate (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hǎi yáng correctly.
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