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海
Trad. 海
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Radical
(Bushou)		 水
Strokes 4
Composition
Strokes 10
Structure
Decomp. 氵年母
氵 + 每
Prononciation
Mandarin hǎi
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Sijiao 3815.7
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海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous
Results beginning with 海
海外 hǎi wài overseas / abroad
海南 Hǎi nán Hainan Province, in the South China Sea, short name 瓊|琼[Qiong2], capital Haikou 海口[Hai3 kou3] / Hainan Island / Hainan District of Wuhai City 烏海市|乌海市[Wu1 hai3 Shi4], Inner Mongolia / Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
海洋 hǎi yáng ocean / CL:個|个[ge4]
海军 hǎi jūn navy
海报 hǎi bào poster / playbill / notice
海关 hǎi guān customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL:個|个[ge4]
海尔 Hǎi ěr Haier (PRC household appliance brand) / Hale (name)
海口 hǎi kǒu estuary / coastal inlet / river mouth / seaport / see also 誇海口|夸海口[kua1 hai3 kou3]
海上 hǎi shàng maritime
海水 hǎi shuǐ seawater
海滩 hǎi tān beach / CL:片[pian4]
海底 hǎi dǐ seabed / seafloor / bottom of the ocean
海边 hǎi biān coast / seaside / seashore / beach
海盗 hǎi dào pirate
海拔 hǎi bá height above sea level / elevation
海峡 hǎi xiá channel / strait
海鲜 hǎi xiān seafood
海岸 hǎi àn coastal / seacoast
海量 hǎi liàng huge volume
海域 hǎi yù sea area / territorial waters / maritime space
海啸 hǎi xiào tsunami
海信 Hǎi xìn Hisense (brand)
海面 hǎi miàn sea level / sea surface
海风 hǎi fēng sea breeze / sea wind (i.e. from the sea)
海滨 hǎi bīn shore / seaside
海湾 hǎi wān bay / gulf
海里 hǎi lǐ nautical mile
海棠 hǎi táng Chinese flowering crab apple (Malus spectabilis)
海运 hǎi yùn shipping by sea
海豚 hǎi tún dolphin
海浪 hǎi làng sea wave
海绵 hǎi mián sponge (zoology) / sponge (piece of absorbent material, either natural or made from plastic etc) / foam rubber
海岛 hǎi dǎo island
海归 hǎi guī sb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience (a pun on 海龜|海龟[hai3 gui1]) / to return to China after a period of study or work overseas
海港 hǎi gǎng seaport / harbor
海德 Hǎi dé Hyde (surname)
海事 hǎi shì maritime affairs / accident at sea
海景 hǎi jǐng seascape / sea view
海市 hǎi shì mirage (lit. or fig.)
海鸥 hǎi ōu (bird species of China) mew gull (Larus canus)
海选 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition
海地 Hǎi dì Haiti, the western third of Caribbean island Hispaniola
海带 hǎi dài kelp
海战 hǎi zhàn naval battle
海子 hǎi zi (dialect) wetlands / lake
海马 hǎi mǎ sea horse / hippocampus
海潮 hǎi cháo tide
海藻 hǎi zǎo seaweed / marine alga / kelp
海盐 Hǎi yán sea salt
海河 Hǎi hé Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 / at Dagukou 大沽口)
海龟 hǎi guī turtle / Internet slang for 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1]
海航 Hǎi háng Hainan Airlines
海参 hǎi shēn sea cucumber
海贼 hǎi zéi pirate
海螺 hǎi luó sea snail / whelk / conch
海豹 hǎi bào seal (zoology)
海王 Hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player
海星 hǎi xīng starfish / sea star
海狮 hǎi shī sea lion
海角 hǎi jiǎo cape / promontory
海内 hǎi nèi the whole world / throughout the land / everything under the sun
海防 hǎi fáng coastal defense
海员 hǎi yuán sailor / mariner
海区 hǎi qū maritime zone
海产 hǎi chǎn marine / produced in sea
海牙 Hǎi yá The Hague (city in the Netherlands) / Den Haag
海沧 Hǎi cāng Haicang district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[Xia4 men2 shi4] (Amoy), Fujian
海波 hǎi bō hypo (loanword) / sodium thiosulfate Na2S2O3 used in fixing photos (formerly hyposulfite) / wave (sea)
海陆 hǎi lù sea and land / ocean and continent / army and navy
海难 hǎi nàn perils of the sea
海山 hǎi shān seamount
海峰 hǎi fēng cap
海鸟 hǎi niǎo seabird
海斯 hǎi sī Hayes (Microcomputer)
海船 hǎi chuán seagoing ship
海虹 hǎi hóng mussel
海味 hǎi wèi seafood
海蜇 hǎi zhé Rhopilema esculenta, an edible jellyfish
海苔 hǎi tái nori
海顿 Hǎi dùn Haydn (name) / Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Austrian classical composer
海图 hǎi tú nautical chart / marine chart / hydrographic chart / chart
海胆 hǎi dǎn sea urchin
海草 hǎi cǎo seagrass
海沟 hǎi gōu marine trench
海堤 hǎi dī levee / dyke / seawall
海登 Hǎi dēng Hayden or Haydn (name)
海狗 hǎi gǒu fur seal
海牛 hǎi niú manatee
海米 hǎi mǐ dried shrimps
海葵 hǎi kuí sea anemone
海疆 hǎi jiāng coastal border region
海象 hǎi xiàng walrus
海警 hǎi jǐng coast guard
海芋 hǎi yù giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos) / common calla
海狸 hǎi lí beaver
海冰 hǎi bīng sea ice
海涅 Hǎi niè Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German lyric poet
海损 hǎi sǔn damage to goods during shipping
海床 hǎi chuáng seabed / seafloor / bottom of the ocean
海禁 hǎi jìn prohibition on entering or leaving by sea
海枣 hǎi zǎo date (fruit)
海槛  sill
海锚  drogue
海安 Hǎi ān Hai'an county in Nantong 南通[Nan2 tong1], Jiangsu
海宝 Hǎi bǎo Haibao, Expo 2010 mascot
海北 Hǎi běi Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai
海扁 hǎi biǎn (slang) to beat sb up
海槽 hǎi cáo trough line
海城 Hǎi chéng Haicheng, county-level city in Anshan 鞍山[An1 shan1], Liaoning
海错 hǎi cuò seafood delicacy
海岱 Hǎi dài Haidai, historical region extending from the Bohai Sea to Mt Tai in Shandong
海待 hǎi dài student who has returned from overseas but is yet to find a job (pun on 海帶|海带[hai3 dai4]) / cf. 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1]
海道 hǎi dào sea-lane
海迪 Hǎi dí Heidi
海淀 Hǎi diàn Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Peking University, Tsinghua University 清華大學|清华大学[Qing1 hua2 da4 xue2] and Zhongguancun 中關村|中关村[Zhong1 guan1 cun1]
海东 Hǎi dōng Haidong prefecture, Qinghai
海端 Hǎi duān Haiduan or Haituan township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
海法 Hǎi fǎ Haifa (city in Israel)
海丰 Hǎi fēng Haifeng county in Shanwei 汕尾, Guangdong
海涵 hǎi hán (polite expression) to be magnanimous enough to forgive or tolerate (one's errors or shortcomings)
海壕 hǎi háo sea moat / moat
海岬 hǎi jiǎ headland
海椒 hǎi jiāo (dialect) hot pepper
海鹫 hǎi jiù sea eagle / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
海康 Hǎi kāng Haikang former county in Zhanjiang 湛江[Zhan4 jiang1], Guangdong / Haikang (company name)
海鲤 hǎi lǐ sea bream
海蛎 hǎi lì oyster
海林 Hǎi lín Hailin, county-level city in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang
海岭 hǎi lǐng mid-ocean ridge
海陵 Hǎi líng Hailing district of Taizhou city 泰州市[Tai4 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu
海榴 hǎi liú pomegranate
海鲈 hǎi lú sea bass
海伦 Hǎi lún Hailun, county-level city in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang / Helen or Hélène (name)
海门 Hǎi mén Haimen, county-level city in Nantong 南通[Nan2 tong1], Jiangsu
海宁 Hǎi níng Haining, county-level city in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴[Jia1 xing1], Zhejiang
海鞘 hǎi qiào Ascidiacea / sea squirt
海丘 hǎi qiū knoll
海日 hǎi rì sun over sea
海瑞 Hǎi ruì Hairui township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
海砂 hǎi shā sea sand (sand of the ocean floor or seashore)
海神 hǎi shén Emperor of the Sea / Neptune
海蚀 hǎi shí coastal erosion / marine abrasion
海曙 Hǎi shǔ Haishu district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang
海獭 hǎi tǎ sea otter
海淘 hǎi táo online purchase of goods dispatched from overseas
海涂 hǎi tú tidal marsh / shoal / shallows
海兔 hǎi tù sea hare (Aplysia)
海碗 hǎi wǎn very large bowl
海西 Hǎi xī Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: Mtsho-nub Sog-rigs dang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) in Qinghai
海相 hǎi xiàng marine facies (geology)
Approximate Results for 海
上海 Shàng hǎi Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hu4]
珠海 Zhū hǎi Zhuhai prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3] in south China
大海 dà hǎi sea / ocean
青海 Qīng hǎi Qinghai province (Tsinghai) in west China, abbr. 青, capital Xining 西寧|西宁
南海 Nán Hǎi South China Sea
东海 Dōng Hǎi East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
北海 Běi hǎi Beihai, park in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City / the North Sea (Europe) / Beihai prefecture-level city and seaport in Guangxi / Bohai Sea / Lake Baikal
沿海 yán hǎi coastal
威海 Wēi hǎi Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong
滨海 bīn hǎi coastal / bordering the sea
航海 háng hǎi to sail the seas / maritime navigation / voyage
人海 rén hǎi a multitude / a sea of people
脑海 nǎo hǎi the mind / the brain
深海 shēn hǎi deep sea
出海 chū hǎi to go out to sea / (neologism) to expand into overseas markets
台海 Tái hǎi abbr. for 台灣海峽|台湾海峡, Taiwan Strait
渤海 Bó Hǎi Bohai Sea, or Bo Hai, between Liaoning and Shandong / Parhae, Korean kingdom in Manchuria and Siberia 698-926
下海 xià hǎi to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
临海 lín hǎi to overlook the sea / on the waterfront
黄海 Huáng Hǎi Yellow Sea
刘海 liú hǎi bangs / fringe (hair)
苦海 kǔ hǎi lit. sea of bitterness / abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term) / depths of misery
淮海 Huái hǎi Huaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州[Xu2 zhou1], including parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces
近海 jìn hǎi coastal waters / offshore
学海 xué hǎi sea of learning / erudite / knowledgeable person / scholarship
红海 Hóng Hǎi (neologism) highly competitive market (contrasted with 藍海|蓝海[lan2 hai3])
西海 Xī Hǎi Yellow Sea (Korean term)
陇海 Lǒng Hǎi Jiangsu-Gansu railway / abbr. for 隴海鐵路|陇海铁路[Long3 Hai3 tie3 lu4]
外海 wài hǎi offshore / open sea
领海 lǐng hǎi territorial waters
死海 Sǐ Hǎi the Dead Sea
黑海 Hēi Hǎi Black Sea
洱海 Er3 hǎi Erhai Lake
辞海 Cí hǎi Cihai, encyclopedic dictionary of Chinese first published in 1936
里海 Lǐ Hǎi Caspian Sea
公海 gōng hǎi high sea / international waters
粤海 Yuè Hǎi Guangdong-Hainan
鸿海 Hóng hǎi Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company, aka Foxconn
欲海 yù hǎi ocean of lust (Buddhist term) / worldly desires
浅海 qiǎn hǎi shallow sea / sea less than 200 meters deep
内海 nèi hǎi enclosed sea
宦海 huàn hǎi officialdom / bureaucracy
坠海 zhuì hǎi to fall into the ocean / to crash into the ocean
烟海 yān hǎi the vast ocean
咸海 Xián Hǎi Aral Sea
拔海 bá hǎi elevation (above sea level)
白海 Bái Hǎi White Sea
濒海 bīn hǎi coastal / bordering the sea
勃海 Bó hǎi Han dynasty province around the Bohai sea / renamed 渤海 / after the Han
薄海 bó hǎi vast area / all the way to the sea
草海 Cǎo hǎi Caohai Lake, Guizhou
长海 Cháng hǎi Changhai county in Dalian 大連|大连[Da4 lian2], Liaoning
澄海 Chéng hǎi Chenghai District of Shantou city 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong
定海 Dìng hǎi Dinghai district of Zhoushan city 舟山市[Zhou1 shan1 shi4], Zhejiang / Qing dynasty name of 舟山市
法海 Fǎ hǎi Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake 白蛇傳|白蛇传[Bai2 she2 Zhuan4]
福海 Fú hǎi Fuhai county or Burultoqay nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[A1 le4 tai4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
后海 Hòu hǎi Houhai, a lake and the area surrounding it in central Beijing
江海 Jiāng hǎi Jianghai district of Jiangmen city 江門市|江门市, Guangdong
静海 Jìng hǎi Jinghai county in Tianjin 天津[Tian1 jin1] / Sea of Tranquillity (on the moon)
蓝海 lán hǎi (neologism) an unexplored, as yet uncontested market (contrasted with 紅海|红海[hong2 hai3])
辽海 Liáo hǎi east and south of Liaoning province
凌海 Líng hǎi Linghai, county-level city in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning
浏海 liú hǎi see 劉海|刘海[liu2 hai3]
留海 liú hǎi see 劉海|刘海[liu2 hai3]
龙海 Lóng hǎi Longhai, county-level city in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
勐海 Měng hǎi Menghai county in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture 西雙版納傣族自治州|西双版纳傣族自治州[Xi1 shuang1 ban3 na4 Dai3 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
溟海 míng hǎi a dark sea
宁海 Níng hǎi Ninghai county in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1], Zhejiang
瓯海 Oū hǎi Ouhai district of Wenzhou city 溫州市|温州市[Wen1 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang
飘海 piāo hǎi to go abroad
琼海 Qióng hǎi Qionghai City, Hainan
桑海 Sāng hǎi Songhay people of Mali and the Sahara
唐海 Táng hǎi Tanghai county in Tangshan 唐山[Tang2 shan1], Hebei
讨海 tǎo hǎi to make one's living from the sea
填海 tián hǎi land reclamation
通海 Tōng hǎi Tonghai county in Yuxi 玉溪[Yu4 xi1], Yunnan
乌海 Wū hǎi Wuhait or Wuhai, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia
兴海 Xīng hǎi Xinghai county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
瑶海 Yáo hǎi Yaohai district of Hefei city 合肥市[He2 fei2 shi4], Anhui
业海 yè hǎi sea of evil / endless crime
银海 yín hǎi moviedom / the world of movies / film circles
渊海 yuān hǎi (lit.) abyss and ocean / (fig.) vast and profound
月海 yuè hǎi lunar mare
镇海 Zhèn hǎi Zhenhai district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang
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地中海 Dì zhōng Hǎi Mediterranean Sea
中南海 Zhōng nán hǎi Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
中海油 zhōng hǎi yóu China National Offshore Oil Corporation
北海道 Běi hǎi dào Hokkaidō, Japan
山海关 Shān hǎi guān Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall / Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 shi4], Hebei
青海湖 Qīng hǎi Hú Qinghai Lake (Tibetan: mtsho-sngon)
上海话 Shàng hǎi huà Shanghainese / Shanghai dialect
东海岸 Dōng hǎi àn East Coast
日本海 Rì běn Hǎi Sea of Japan
什刹海 shí chà hǎi Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes
渤海湾 Bó hǎi wān Bohai Bay
中国海 Zhōng guó Hǎi the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea)
航海家 háng hǎi jiā mariner / seafarer
胖大海 pàng dà hǎi malva nut / seed of Sterculia lychnophora
秋海棠 qiū hǎi táng begonia
曼海姆 Màn hǎi mǔ Mannheim, German city at the confluence of Rhine and Neckar
冼星海 Xiǎn Xīng hǎi Xian Xinghai (1905-1945), violinist and composer, known for patriotic wartime pieces, including Yellow River Oratorio 黃河大合唱|黄河大合唱[Huang2 He2 Da4 he2 chang4]
威海卫 Wēi hǎi wèi Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong
飞轮海 Fēi lún hǎi Fahrenheit, Taiwan pop group, from 2005
安德海 An1 Dé hǎi An Dehai (-1869), the Qing equivalent of Rasputin, all-powerful court eunuch with the dowager empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4], executed in 1869 by her rival Empress Mother Empress Dowager Ci'an 慈安皇太后
夸海口 kuā hǎi kǒu to boast / to talk big
陆架海  shelf sea
深海底  abyssal floor
阿曼海  Gulf of Oman / Sea of Oman
深海扇  deep sea-fan / abyssal fan / slope fan / abyssal cone
向海的  seaward / seaward of
沿海区  coastal area
微海啸  microtsunami
滨海面  maritime front
边缘海  marginal sea / marginal basin
黑海股  Black Sea Unit
古海啸  paleotsunami
爱琴海 Aì qín Hǎi Aegean Sea
白令海 Bái lìng Hǎi Bering Sea
班达海 bān dá hǎi Banda Sea, in the East Indian Archipelago
斑海豹 bān hǎi bào spotted seal (Phoca largha)
斑海雀 bān hǎi què (bird species of China) long-billed murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix)
北海狗 běi hǎi gǒu northern
北海市 Běi hǎi shì Beihai prefecture-level city and seaport in Guangxi
滨海县 Bīn hǎi xiàn Binhai county in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城[Yan2 cheng2], Jiangsu
长海县 Cháng hǎi xiàn Changhai county in Dalian 大連|大连[Da4 lian2], Liaoning
程海湖 Chéng hǎi Hú Chenghai Lake in Lijiang 麗江市|丽江市, Hunan
澄海区 Chéng hǎi qū Chenghai District of Shantou city 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong
鞑靼海 Dá dá hǎi Straits of Tartary between Sakhalin and Russian mainland
大海沟 dà hǎi gōu marine trench
定海区 Dìng hǎi qū Dinghai district of Zhoushan city 舟山市[Zhou1 shan1 shi4], Zhejiang
帝汶海 Dì wèn Hǎi Timor Sea
东海县 Dōng hǎi xiàn Donghai county in Lianyungang 連雲港|连云港[Lian2 yun2 gang3], Jiangsu
封闭海 fēng bì hǎi enclosed sea
福海县 Fú hǎi xiàn Fuhai county or Burultoqay nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[A1 le4 tai4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
冠海雀 guān hǎi què (bird species of China) Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume)
航海者 háng hǎi zhě navigator
郝海东 Hǎo Hǎi dōng Hao Haidong (1970-), former Chinese soccer player
黄海道 Huáng hǎi dào former Hwanghae Province of northwest Korea, divided into North and South Hwanghae Province of North Korea in 1954
江海区 Jiāng hǎi qū Jianghai district of Jiangmen city 江門市|江门市, Guangdong
静海县 Jìng hǎi xiàn Jinghai county in Tianjin 天津[Tian1 jin1]
喀拉海 kā lā hǎi Kara sea
凌海市 Líng hǎi shì Linghai, county-level city in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning
临海市 Lín hǎi shì Linhai, county-level city in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang
临海县 Lín hǎi xiàn Linhai county in east Zhejiang
琉球海 Liú qiú Hǎi Ryūkyū / Sea / refers to the Ryūkyū / Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liu2 qiu2 Qun2 dao3] stretching from Japan to Taiwan
龙海市 Lóng hǎi shì Longhai, county-level city in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
马海毛 mǎ hǎi máo mohair (loanword)
勐海县 Měng hǎi xiàn Menghai county in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture 西雙版納傣族自治州|西双版纳傣族自治州[Xi1 shuang1 ban3 na4 Dai3 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
南海城 nán hǎi chéng Southsea
南海区 Nán hǎi qū Nanhai District of Foshan City 佛山市[Fo2 shan1 Shi4], Guangdong
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