海 hǎi

1. hǎi noun the sea; a sea; the ocean
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
   Notes: For example, 黄海 'Yellow Sea' (ABC 'hǎi' n 1; Guoyu '海' n 1; Kroll 2015 '海' 1; NCCED '海' 1; Wikipedia '海' 1)
2. hǎi adjective foreign
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '海' 2)
3. hǎi noun a large lake
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 大湖; for example, 青海 'Lake Qinghai' (ABC 'hǎi' n 2; Guoyu '海' n 3; Kroll 2015 '海' 2; NCCED '海' 4)
4. hǎi noun a large mass
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: Comparing a large mass of people or objects as an analogy to the sea; for example, 人海 'a sea of people' (ABC 'hǎi' bf 1; Guoyu '海' n 4; Kroll 2015 '海' 3; NCCED '海' 5)
5. hǎi adjective having large capacity
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (ABC 'hǎi' bf 2; Guoyu '海' adj; NCCED '海' 6)
6. hǎi proper noun Hai
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (ABC 'hǎi' N)
7. hǎi noun seawater
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 海水 (Guoyu '海' n 2)
8. hǎi noun a field; an area
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 领域; for example, 苦海无边 'a limitless sea of suffering' (Guoyu '海' n 5)
9. hǎi noun a large and barron area of land
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 荒远之地 (Guoyu '海' n 6)
10. hǎi noun a large container
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '海' n 7)
11. hǎi adverb arbitrarily
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 任意的 (Guoyu '海' adv 1)
12. hǎi adverb ruthlessly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 狠狠的 (Guoyu '海' adv 2)

Contained in

• 海峡两岸服务贸易协议(海峽兩岸服務貿易協議) Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA)
• 四海 the four seas
• 海扁 to beat somebody up
• 海芋 giant taro; common calla
• 海枯石烂(海枯石爛) seas dry, stone disintegrates; forever
• 海纳百川(海納百川) all rivers run into the sea; use different means to obtain the same result
• 醋海生波 waves on a sea of vinegar; trouble caused by a jealous woman
• 马里亚纳海沟(馬里亞納海溝) Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)
• 海豹 seal
• 架海擎天 to support the ocean and hold up the sky
• 海市蜃楼(海市蜃樓) mirage (lit. or fig.)
• 海螺 a sea snail; a whelk; a conch
• 海军中将(海軍中將) vice admiral
• 威加海内兮归故乡(威加海內兮歸故鄉) With might that extends to the land within the seas, I return to my hometown
• 海虹 mussel
• 海市 mirage
• 云海(雲海) sea of clouds
• 照海登 a searchlight
• 海疆 coastal border region
• 海岸 coast
• 加里肋亚海(加里肋亞海) Sea of Galilee
• 海边(海邊) seaside; coast
• 露脊鼠海豚 Indo-Pacific finless porpoise; finless porpoise
• 文山会海(文山會海) a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings
• 古根海姆 Guggenheim (name)
• 江海同归(江海同歸) rivers all flow to the same ocean
• 海蛤蝓 sea slug
• 海洋性 maritime

Also contained in

上海浦东发展银行 、 上海第二医科大学 、 海河 、 南海县 、 海北 、 海安 、 东海大学 、 加来海峡 、 海德公园 、 勃海 、 海尔 、 海阳 、 联合国海洋法公约 、 许海峰 、 福海县 、 淮海 、 新海峡时报 、 海北藏族自治州 、 海林 、 海禁 、 海信 、 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 、 象牙海岸

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Truncated for common words

• 卷四十五 志第二十一 地理六 Volume 45 Treatises 21: Geography 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 64
• 卷十二 Scroll 12 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 53
• 卷八十四 志第六十 河渠二 Volume 84 Treatises 60: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 47
• 卷二百〇五 列傳第九十三 朱紈 張經 胡宗憲 曹邦輔 李遂 唐順之 Volume 205 Biographies 93: Zhu Wan, Zhang Jing, Hu Zongxian, Cao Bangfu, Li Sui, Tang Shunzhi History of Ming 明史 — count: 47
• 卷四十一 志第十七 地理二 Volume 41 Treatises 17: Geography 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 41
• 卷八十八 志第六十四 河渠六 Volume 88 Treatises 64: Rivers and Canals 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 41
• 第四十五回 Chapter 45 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 38
• 卷四十四 志第二十 地理五 Volume 44 Treatises 20: Geography 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 30
• 卷二十二　本紀第二十二: 武宗一 Volume 22 Annals 22: Wuzong 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 29
• 卷八十七 志第六十三 河渠五 Volume 87 Treatises 63: Rivers and Canals 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 29

Collocations

• 入海 (入海) 寡人且用此入海矣 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 29
• 山海 (山海) 唯官山海為可耳 — Guanzi 管子, 海王第七十二 Chapter 72: King of the Sea — count: 17
• 海中 (海中) 言海中有三神山 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang — count: 14
• 负海 (負海) 以負海攻負海 — Guanzi 管子, 霸言第二十三 Chapter 23: The Sovereign's Words — count: 12
• 海求 (海求) 入海求僊人 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang — count: 11
• 横海 (橫海) 以橫海將軍擊東越功 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《建元以來侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises since the Jianyuan Period — count: 10
• 海将军 (海將軍) 以橫海將軍擊東越功 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《建元以來侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises since the Jianyuan Period — count: 9
• 沧海 (滄海) 東見滄海君 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷六 復恩 Chapter 6: Repaying Kindness — count: 7
• 海春 (海春) 項王乃謂海春侯大司馬曹咎等曰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 6
• 傅海 (傅海) 君王能自陳以東傅海 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 4