海 hǎi
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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) -
hǎi
adjective
foreign
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '海' 2) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
hǎi
proper noun
Hai
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (ABC 'hǎi' N) -
hǎi
noun
seawater
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 海水 (Guoyu '海' n 2) -
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) -
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) -
hǎi
noun
a large container
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '海' n 7) -
hǎi
adverb
arbitrarily
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 任意的 (Guoyu '海' adv 1) -
hǎi
adverb
ruthlessly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 狠狠的 (Guoyu '海' adv 2)
Contained in
- 人不可貌相,海水不可斗量 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot
- 梯山航海 climb mountains and sail the oceans; go on a long and difficult journey
- 大海捞针(大海撈針) to fish a needle from the sea; to find a needle in a haystack
- 海伯利 Highbury (name)
- 月海 lunar mare
- 海底 seabed; seafloor
- 映入脑海(映入腦海) to come to mind; to come to one's attention
- 海外华人(海外華人) overseas Chinese
- 海防舰(海防艦) coast defense ship; kaibōkan
- 日本海 Sea of Japan
- 褐翅叉尾海燕 Tristram's storm petrel (Oceanodroma tristrami)
- 东海(東海) East China Sea ; Donghae ; Donghai [commandery]
- 黄海北道(黃海北道) North Hwanghae Province of west North Korea
- 海面 sea surface
- 沿海州 coastal region
- 人海 a multitude; a sea of people
- 世界海关组织(世界海關組織) World Customs Organization
- 海市蜃楼(海市蜃樓) mirage (lit. or fig.)
- 海关(海關) customs ; seaport entry
- 扁嘴海雀 ancient murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus)
- 大海 sea; ocean ; a large bowl or glass
- 海归(海歸) Chinese returning from overseas
- 日本叉尾海燕 Matsudaira's storm petrel (Oceanodroma matsudairae)
- 海内(海內) the whole world; throughout the land; everything under the sun
- 海巡 coast guard
- 海誓山盟 to pledge undying love; oath of eternal love; to swear by all the Gods
- 海关部门(海關部門) customs section
- 浮海 to go by sea
- 海相沉积物(海相沉積物) oceanic sediment
- 加里肋亚海(加里肋亞海) Sea of Galilee
- 飘海(飄海) to go abroad
- 海东青(海東青) gyrfalcon
- 夸海口(誇海口) to boast; to talk big
- 海战(海戰) naval battle
- 海潮 tide
- 海事法院 maritime court
- 马尔马拉海(馬爾馬拉海) Sea of Marmara
Also contained in
福海 、 淮海 、 上海文广新闻传媒集团 、 海警局 、 乌木海岸 、 加勒比海 、 后海 、 澄海 、 海端 、 什刹海 、 上海宝钢集团公司 、 海瑞乡 、 望海峰 、 海林市
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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
- 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — 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
- 东至海 (東至海) 侵車東至海 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4