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海

hǎi

HSK 4 Character Measure word 个、片

What 海 means

1. ocean
2. sea
3. great number of people or things
4. dialectnumerous

Other readings

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

• Hǎisurname Hai

Example sentences

• 有海岛。
  Yǒu hǎidǎo.
  There are islands in the sea.
• 海龟下蛋。
  Hǎiguī xiàdàn.
  Turtles lay eggs.
• 海绵吸水。
  Hǎimián xīshuǐ.
  A sponge absorbs water.
• 海非常宽。
  The sea is very wide.
• 我在海滩。
  I'm at the beach.
• 鱼在海里。
  The fish are in the sea.

Words starting with 海

• 海洋hǎi yángocean
• 海鲜hǎi xiānseafood
• 海关hǎi guāncustoms (i.e. border crossing inspection)
• 海拔hǎi báheight above sea level; elevation
• 海滨hǎi bīnshore; seaside
• 海外hǎi wàioverseas; abroad
• 海边hǎi biāncoast; seaside; seashore; beach
• 海上hǎi shàngmaritime
• 海水hǎi shuǐseawater
• 海滩hǎi tānbeach
• 海报hǎi bàoposter; playbill; notice
• 海岸hǎi àncoastal; seacoast
• 海军hǎi jūnnavy
• 海淀区Hǎi diàn QūHaidian, a district of Beijing
• 海底hǎi dǐseabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean
• 海湾hǎi wānbay; gulf
• 海内外hǎi nèi wàidomestic and international; at home and abroad
• 海峡hǎi xiástrait; channel
• 海口hǎi kǒuestuary; coastal inlet; river mouth
• 海面hǎi miànthe surface of the sea; ocean surface
• 海里hǎi lǐnautical mile
• 海啸hǎi xiàotsunami
• 海风hǎi fēngsea breeze
• 海盗hǎi dàopirate

Words containing 海

• 上海Shàng hǎiShanghai municipality (short name 沪
• 沿海yán hǎicoastal
• 大海dà hǎisea; ocean
• 脑海nǎo hǎithe mind; the brain
• 上海市Shàng hǎi ShìShanghai municipality (short name 沪
• 北海Běi HǎiNorth Sea (in Europe); historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal…
• 东海Dōng HǎiEast China Sea; East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
• 中南海Zhōng nán hǎiZhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the…
• 四海sì hǎi(fig.) the whole world
• 地中海dì zhōng hǎi(colloquial) bald crown; bald spot on the crown of the head
• 南海Nán HǎiSouth China Sea
• 刘海liú hǎibangs; fringe (hair)
• 下海xià hǎito go out to sea; to enter the sea (to swim etc); (fig.) to take the plunge…
• 航海háng hǎito sail the seas; maritime navigation; voyage
• 人海rén hǎia multitude; a sea of people
• 出海chū hǎito go out to sea; (neologism) to expand into overseas markets
• 深海shēn hǎideep sea
• 天涯海角tiān yá hǎi jiǎothe ends of the earth; separated worlds apart
• 人山人海rén shān rén hǎi(idiom) multitude; vast crowd
• 云海yún hǎisea of clouds
• 什刹海shí chà hǎiShichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes
• 黄海Huáng HǎiYellow Sea
• 渤海Bó HǎiBohai Sea, between Liaoning and Shandong
• 山海关Shān hǎi GuānShanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall

Characters that look like 海

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 酒jiǔwine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits
• 悔huǐ(bound form) to regret; to repent
• 掩yǎnto cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc)…
• 侮wǔto insult; to ridicule; to disgrace
• 淄zīblack; name of a river
• 堀kūcave; hole

Sounds the same

Read hǎi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 胲hydroxylamine (chemistry)
• 醢minced meat; pickled meat