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海湾hǎi wān
bay
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
海湾 | ||
1. Simplified form of 海灣 | ||
海灣 | hǎiwān | |
1. n. (geography) bay; gulf | ||
English > Chinese | ||
bay | ||
1. 海湾,赤褐色的,湾 | ||
2. 由海或湖泊深入岸邊所形成的開放而彎曲的凹處。 | ||
Components | ||
海 | hǎi | |
1. sea; ocean | ||
好 想 去 看 海。 - I really want to go and look at the sea. | ||
2. big lake | ||
洱海 - Erhai 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) | ||
湾 | ||
1. Simplified form of 灣 | ||
灣 | wān | |
1. (geography) bend in a river | ||
2. (geography) bay; gulf | ||
3. (regional, nautical) to berth; to anchor; to moor | ||
4. usage. In Min Nan, the character 灣 is usually read as oan (e.g. in 臺員. | ||
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hǎi wān
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