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hǎi



海
sea


Definitions

Chinese > English
hǎi
     1. sea; ocean
           好 想 去 看 海。 - I really want to go and look at the sea.
     2. big lake
           洱海 - Er Lake
     3. (Cantonese) wide river
     4. (of containers, amount, etc.) big; large
           海碗 - extra large bowl
           海量 - huge amount
           海 投 - to send résumés to many companies; to use shotgun approach in job hunting
           海 扁 - to beat someone tremendously
     5. overseas; abroad
           海棗 - date palm
     6. (figurative) sea; abundance; infiniteness
           人海 - huge crowd
           火海 - sea of flames
     7. (dialectal, colloquial) profuse; numerous
     8. (dialectal, colloquial) unrestrainedly; randomly; casually
     9. . Hai (mainland China, Taiwan), Hoi (Hong Kong)
           海 瑞 - Hai Rui (Chinese scholar-official of the Ming dynasty)
Chinese > Chinese
     1. (異體;
English > Chinese
sea
     1. 名词. 1.海
     2. 名词. 2.海浪
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