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海
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Definitions
- 1. ocean
- 2. sea
- 3. great number of people or things
- 4. (dialect) numerous
Example Sentences
1 shown這讓我想起一集《 海 綿寶寶》。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 海
strait; channel
maritime
see 翻江倒海[fān jiāng dǎo hǎi]
to disappear like a stone dropped into the sea
International Maritime Organization
bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE
Heineken (Dutch brewing company)
Haikou prefecture-level city and capital of Hainan Province 海南省[hǎi nán shěng]
heroin (loanword)
navy and air force
erectile tissue (genital)
Southern Ocean
sea area
Alzheimer's disease
Hailun, county-level city in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang
pomegranate
Hai Rui (1514-1587), Ming politician, famous for honesty and integrity
Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong
see 大海撈針|大海捞针[dà hǎi lāo zhēn]
to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom)
(bird species of China) Matsudaira's storm petrel (Oceanodroma matsudairae)
coastal
island
close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door
PRC Maritime Safety Agency
domestic and international
elevation (above sea level)
(bird species of China) Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
One Piece (manga and anime)
marine trench
(bird species of China) gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
another name for 金箍棒[jīn gū bàng]
Shanghai University
lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)
lunar mare
Yaohai district of Hefei city 合肥市[hé féi shì], Anhui
Mindanao Sea
lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom)
tsunami
see 天南地北[tiān nán dì běi]
seafloor spreading (geology)
East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica)
(bird species of China) mew gull (Larus canus)
piracy
thalassemia (medicine)
Haizhou district of Lianyungang city 連雲港市|连云港市[lián yún gǎng shì], Jiangsu
English Channel
lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom)
Yellow Sea
pirate
the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea)
Alzheimer's disease
nautical mile
CNOOC; China National Offshore Oil Corporation
sea otter
(bird species of China) common murre (Uria aalge)
Municipality of the Islands (Macau)
ocean
Sea of Okhotsk
water sports (sailing, windsurfing etc)
Strait of Tartary between Sakhalin and Russian mainland
see 天涯海角[tiān yá hǎi jiǎo]
Hisense (brand)
Sea of Galilee
An Dehai (-1869), the Qing equivalent of Rasputin, all-powerful court eunuch with the dowager empress Cixi 慈禧太后[cí xǐ tài hòu], executed in 1869 by her rival Empress Mother Empress Dowager Ci'an 慈安皇太后
Irish Sea between Ireland and north England
Gelderland, province of the Netherlands
Baltic Sea
sea sand (sand of the ocean floor or seashore)
(bird species of China) white-winged scoter (Melanitta deglandi)
Haining, county-level city in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴[jiā xīng], Zhejiang
sea slug
to come to mind
river of literacy, sea of learning (idiom); ars longa, vita brevis
seabed
(neologism) an unexplored, as yet uncontested market (contrasted with 紅海|红海[hóng hǎi])
seagrass
Zhuhai prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[guǎng dōng shěng] in south China
lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)
sea horse
lit. raging sea of bureaucracy
Alzheimer's disease
to escape from the abyss of suffering
Maritime Day (July 11th) commemorating the first voyage of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[zhèng hé] in 1405 AD
exotic delicacies
Haibowan District of Wuhait City 烏海市|乌海市[wū hǎi shì], Inner Mongolia
Huaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州[xú zhōu], including parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces
Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Peking University, Tsinghua University 清華大學|清华大学[qīng huá dà xué] and Zhongguancun 中關村|中关村[zhōng guān cūn]
General Administration of Customs (GAC)
bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Haixing county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州[cāng zhōu], Hebei
Haizhu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
turtle
see 八仙過海，各顯神通|八仙过海，各显神通[bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng]
Hainan Province, in the South China Sea, short name 瓊|琼[qióng], capital Haikou 海口[hǎi kǒu]
seabird
Royal Canadian Navy
territorial waters
the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant
Marine Department (Hong Kong)
Sea of Serenity (Mare Serenitatis, on the moon)
mid-ocean ridge
Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)
deep-sea vent
Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)
to eat and drink gluttonously
starfish
marine trench
high sea
sea of bitterness is vast (idiom)
coastal
may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea (idiom)
lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom)
Haugesund (city in Rogaland, Norway)
Xinghai county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[hǎi nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
Ionian Sea between Italy and Greece
Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan Mtsho-lho Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul), Qinghai
mountain of Dao, sea of learning (idiom); learning is as high as the mountains, as wide as the seas
Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: Mtsho-nub Sog-rigs dang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) in Qinghai
Hai Rui dismissed from office, 1960 historical play by historian Wu Han 吳晗|吴晗
bangs
Tsushima Strait, between Japan and South Korea
sponge (zoology)
Phocidae, family within Carnivora including seal
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
South Sea Fleet
(bird species of China) Tristram's storm petrel (Oceanodroma tristrami)
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
North Sea Fleet
Poseidon, Greek god of the sea
saltwater intrusion
oceanography
Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口)
Haidong prefecture, Qinghai
Longhai, county-level city in Zhangzhou 漳州[zhāng zhōu], Fujian
Black Sea
Straits of Johor (between Malaysia and Singapore)
marine facies (geology)
United States Coast Guard
Hainan Island in South China Sea
Haiduan or Haituan township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[tái dōng xiàn], southeast Taiwan
(lit.) abyss and ocean
coast guard
Dead Sea Scrolls
Anne Hathaway (1982-), American actress
Rüsselsheim, city in Germany
to go out to sea
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[xī shuāng bǎn nà dǎi zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
naval battle
lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
The Hague (city in the Netherlands)
sun over sea
The Straits Times
Haein Temple in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea, the repository of Tripitaka Koreana 高麗大藏經|高丽大藏经[gāo lí dà zàng jīng], a World Heritage site
Dinghai district of Zhoushan city 舟山市[zhōu shān shì], Zhejiang
Bohai Sea, or Bo Hai, between Liaoning and Shandong
Tanghai county in Tangshan 唐山[táng shān], Hebei
Caribbean Sea
Adriatic Sea
Cihai, encyclopedic dictionary of Chinese first published in 1936
former Hwanghae Province of northwest Korea, divided into North and South Hwanghae Province of North Korea in 1954
Heidi
Strait of Hormuz
green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade
Yinhai district of Beihai city 北海市[běi hǎi shì], Guangxi
all things tend in one direction (idiom)
Han dynasty province around the Bohai sea
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Shanghai Media Group
Hale (name)
Haiyan County in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州[hǎi běi zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
shore
pirate
sea bream
coastal region
captain (= UK and US Navy equivalent)
hippocampus
Dead Sea Scrolls
you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
cape
Haikou prefecture-level city and capital of Hainan Province 海南省[hǎi nán shěng]
Binhai (place name)
see 劉海|刘海[liú hǎi]
Hailar District of Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市[hū lún bèi ěr shì], Inner Mongolia
Luzon Strait between Taiwan and Luzon Island (Philippines)
a multitude
Qionghai City, Hainan
seafood
Ouhai district of Wenzhou city 溫州市|温州市[wēn zhōu shì], Zhejiang
Tunghai University (in Taichung, Taiwan)
Linghai, county-level city in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning
Hailin, county-level city in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang
Strait of Otranto between the heel of Italy and Albania
(dialect) wetlands
nautical ephemeris
see 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]
Breton shirt
(bird species of China) long-billed murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix)
lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
Yellow Sea (Korean term)
tide
to have a long and hard journey (idiom)
Flower in the sea of evil, late Qing novel by Jin Tianhe 金天翮[jīn tiān hé]
Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: Mtsho-nub Sog-rigs dang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) in Qinghai
giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos)
Beaufort Sea (off Alaska, Yukon and Northwest Territory)
Hailing district of Taizhou city 泰州市[tài zhōu shì], Jiangsu
Strait of Messina between Calabria and Sicily
New Strait Times (newspaper)
Andaman Sea
hypo (loanword)
dolphin
(bird species of China) Hainan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron katsumatae)
(bird species of China) Leach's storm petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
sea lion
Donghai Bridge, 32.5 km bridge between Shanghai and the offshore Yangshan deep-water port
Zhuhai prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[guǎng dōng shěng] in south China
Qionghai City, Hainan
Hainan University
Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)
sea and land
lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition
mirage (lit. or fig.)
(military) human wave attack
shipping by sea
sea hare (Aplysia)
(fig.) (slang) to stick one's nose in other people's affairs (i.e. the scope of other people's business that one concerns oneself with is as wide as an ocean vista)
bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), the national bird of the United States
Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java
poster
(bird species of China) white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
sea cucumber
see 刀山火海[dāo shān huǒ hǎi]
Haiyan county in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴[jiā xīng], Zhejiang
see 海南藏族自治州[hǎi nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu]
mirage (lit. or fig.)
sea holly (Eryngium maritimum)
Qiongzhou Strait (between Hainan Island and mainland China)
to go out to sea
malva nut
Tethys (pre-Cambrian ocean)
seafood delicacy
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[xī shuāng bǎn nà dǎi zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
hoisin sauce (barbecue sauce)
Shanghainese
porpoise
PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)
China Coast Guard
coastguard
Haicang District of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[xià mén shì] (Amoy), Fujian
coast
Guggenheim (name)
Hailin, county-level city in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang
Haikang former county in Zhanjiang 湛江[zhàn jiāng], Guangdong
sea
purse-seine net (fishing)
East China Sea
height above sea level
land reclamation
(bird species of China) Pander's ground jay (Podoces panderi)
Hairui township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[tái dōng xiàn], southeast Taiwan
Heidelberg
perils of the sea
(Persian) Gulf War
Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake 白蛇傳|白蛇传[bái shé zhuàn]
Strait of Malacca
sea land air (transport, or military operations)
(bird species of China) white-bellied sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
Haidian Book City, Beijing bookstore
Jianghai district of Jiangmen city 江門市|江门市, Guangdong
coco de mer or \sea coconut\ (Lodoicea maldivica)
multitude
Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF)
seal (zoology)
Øresund
elephant seal
popular nickname of Hai Rui 海瑞[hǎi ruì] (1514-1587), Ming politician, famous for honesty and integrity
Haicheng, county-level city in Anshan 鞍山[ān shān], Liaoning
Tonghai county in Yuxi 玉溪[yù xī], Yunnan
begonia
Bashi Channel in the northern part of the Luzon Strait, just south of Taiwan
Zhenhai district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[níng bō shì], Zhejiang
Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)
student who has returned from overseas but is yet to find a job (pun on 海帶|海带[hǎi dài])
sea urchin
dolphinarium
Sennheiser (brand)
Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes
Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong
Tellina iridescens (a bivalve mollusk)
coypu
sea bass
PRC Maritime Safety Agency
naval officer
Haifeng county in Shanwei 汕尾, Guangdong
Alzheimer's disease
baby bok choy
bay bridge (elevated bridge across stretch of water)
Seaboard Geographic Gazetteer (c. 275) by Shen Ying 沈瑩|沈莹
Sea of Japan
to fall into the ocean
Fahrenheit, Taiwan pop group, from 2005
quatrefoil (usually elongated)
Ryūkyū Sea
seaweed
East China sea
Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)
sea breeze
aquaculture
Sea of Marmara
muladhara, the root or Saturn chakra, residing in the coccyx
undiscovered talent (idiom)
heroin (narcotic) (loanword)
navy and army
South China Sea
Xingxiuhai Basin in Qinghai, more than 4000m above sea level, featuring numerous lakes large and small
coast guard
Haining, county-level city in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴[jiā xīng], Zhejiang
oyster
Chenghai District of Shantou city 汕頭市|汕头市[shàn tóu shì], Guangdong
very large bowl
Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Tibetan: Mtsho-byang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) in Qinghai
Haibowan District of Wuhait City 烏海市|乌海市[wū hǎi shì], Inner Mongolia
lit. to fish a needle from the sea
Wuhait or Wuhai, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia
sea eagle
coastal border region
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
theory of seafloor spreading (geology)
to go abroad
Qinghai Lake (Tibetan: mtsho-sngon)
Wuhait or Wuhai prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia
commodore (= US Navy equivalent)
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist
Haizhu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
Sven Hedin (1865-1952), famous Swedish adventurer and archaeologist, whose 1894-1900 Central Asian expeditions uncovered Kroraina or Loulan 樓蘭|楼兰[lóu lán]
(dialect) hot pepper
navigator
Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war
(slang) to beat sb up
mohair (loanword)
Nanhaizi, name used to refer to various places, including 草海[cǎo hǎi], 南苑[nán yuàn] and the Nanhaizi Wetland in Baotou, Inner Mongolia
Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
United States Navy SEALs
Horkheimer (philosopher)
Caohai Lake, Guizhou
to sail the seas
maritime affairs
(Persian) Gulf
Bay of Biscay (Spanish: Mare Cantabrico)
(bird species of China) Hainan leaf warbler (Phylloscopus hainanus)
Keketuohai town in Fuyun county 富蘊縣|富蕴县[fù yùn xiàn], Altay prefecture, Xinjiang
Haidilao (aka Hai Di Lao), hot pot restaurant chain founded in Sichuan in 1994
White Sea
Ninghai county in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[níng bō], Zhejiang
Shanghai Theatrical Institute
Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong
seawater
Alzheimer's disease
Arabian Sea
Bohai Bay
Haifa (city in Israel)
overseas Chinese
east and south of Liaoning province
Shanghai Stadium
officialdom
commander (= UK and US Navy equivalent)
Bristol Channel in southwest England
Tonghai county in Yuxi 玉溪[yù xī], Yunnan
Hai'an county in Nantong 南通[nán tōng], Jiangsu
Haicheng district of Beihai city 北海市[běi hǎi shì], Guangxi
appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable
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[huáng hé dà hé chàng]
Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall
nori
Haiyuan county in Zhongwei 中衛|中卫[zhōng wèi], Ningxia
nickname of Beijing Daxing International Airport 北京大興國際機場|北京大兴国际机场[běi jīng dà xīng guó jì jī chǎng], whose terminal building looks like a giant alien starfish
Brookhaven National Laboratory
see 誇海口|夸海口[kuā hǎi kǒu]
Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai
translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang
estuary
Haiduan or Haituan township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[tái dōng xiàn], southeast Taiwan
mariner
Bering Sea
spongy
Linhai, county-level city in Taizhou 台州[tāi zhōu], Zhejiang
naval and air military base
Banda Sea, in the East Indian Archipelago
see 劉海|刘海[liú hǎi]
coastland
Barents Sea
ocean of lust (Buddhist term)
Haidong prefecture, Qinghai
shipping
a drop in the ocean (idiom)
Shanghai Medical University
Sun Jihai (1977-), Chinese footballer, played for Manchester City (2002-2008)
Linhai, county-level city in Taizhou 台州[tāi zhōu], Zhejiang
there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
hippocampus
coastal
sea and land hotpot (Jiangsu specialty)
(bird species of China) black scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976), German physicist
to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love
navy
coastal waters
Alzheimer's disease
Haishu district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[níng bō shì], Zhejiang
East Coast
Ouhai district of Wenzhou city 溫州市|温州市[wēn zhōu shì], Zhejiang
all rivers run into the sea
(idiom) the whole world is at peace
(bird species of China) ancient murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus)
World Customs Organization
sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)
Keketuohai town in Fuyun county 富蘊縣|富蕴县[fù yùn xiàn], Altay prefecture, Xinjiang
Haishu district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[níng bō shì], Zhejiang
Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), German psychiatrist and neuropathologist
customs section
Timor Sea
Chinese flowering crab-apple (Malus spectabilis)
beaver
the Yellow River is clear and the sea is calm
Xinghai county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[hǎi nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
Bohai Economic Rim (economic region including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Liaoning and Shandong)
coastal erosion
Rhopilema esculenta, an edible jellyfish
(coll.) marine worm resembling intestines such as the spoon worm (echiuroid) or the peanut worm (Sipunculus nudus)
Hao Haidong (1970-), former Chinese soccer player
customs officer
Haixing county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州[cāng zhōu], Hebei
Caspian Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
seafood
Haydn (name)
mussel
Haimen, county-level city in Nantong 南通[nán tōng], Jiangsu
Houhai, a lake and the area surrounding it in central Beijing
bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
rivers, lakes and oceans
Haiyan county in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴[jiā xīng], Zhejiang
Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company, aka Foxconn
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC)
the mind
Dardanelles Strait
Binhai county in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城[yán chéng], Jiangsu
marine
Erhai Lake
(bird species of China) Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume)
SpongeBob SquarePants (US TV animated series, 1999-)
Haiyang, county-level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong
Jinghai county in Tianjin 天津[tiān jīn]
Yinhai district of Beihai city 北海市[běi hǎi shì], Guangxi
lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering
Haicang district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[xià mén shì] (Amoy), Fujian
Highbury (name)
navy blue
shallow sea
Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) Composite Index
the Bosphorus (strait)
Sarcocheilichthys hainanensis, a species of cyprinid fish found in China, Laos and Vietnam
State Oceanic Administration (PRC)
wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas
Delphinus (constellation)
coco de mer or \sea coconut\ (Lodoicea maldivica)
sea level
Linghai, county-level city in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning
(bird species of China) Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
kelp
oyster
Tyrrhenian Sea between Sardinia and the Italian mainland
Hayes (Microcomputer)
seabed
Haiyuan county in Zhongwei 中衛|中卫[zhōng wèi], Ningxia
seaport
seagoing ship
Hailar District of Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市[hū lún bèi ěr shì], Inner Mongolia
headland
Korea Strait
Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), German philosopher
Arafura Sea
maritime court
(bird species of China) Hainan blue flycatcher (Cyornis hainanus)
Royal Navy (UK)
naval surveillance vessel
(polite expression) to be magnanimous enough to forgive or tolerate (one's errors or shortcomings)
Haimen, county-level city in Nantong 南通[nán tōng], Jiangsu
army, navy and air force
Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai
Ascidiacea
Tanghai county in Tangshan 唐山[táng shān], Hebei
Hispaniola (Caribbean Island divided between Dominican Republic and Haiti)
Shanghai Grand Theater
Hailun, county-level city in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang
a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)
all parts of the country
sea level
sea of evil
to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love
huge volume
Hailing district of Taizhou city 泰州市[tài zhōu shì], Jiangsu
Ninghai county in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[níng bō], Zhejiang
coastal area
Aegean Sea
drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
coastline
Donghai county in Lianyungang 連雲港|连云港[lián yún gǎng], Jiangsu
Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai
Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: Mtsho-nub Sog-rigs dang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) in Qinghai
Guangdong-Hainan
dried shrimps
Shanghai Second Medical University
lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
(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.)
Heidelberg
(bird species of China) Hainan partridge (Arborophila ardens)
overseas
all men are brothers
Jiangsu-Gansu railway
sb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience (a pun on 海龜|海龟[hǎi guī])
Haishenwai, traditional Chinese name for Vladivostok 符拉迪沃斯托克[fú lā dí wò sī tuō kè]
Longhai, county-level city in Zhangzhou 漳州[zhāng zhōu], Fujian
Guangdong Ocean University
Haiti, the western third of Caribbean island Hispaniola
China National Offshore Oil Corporation
famous at home and abroad
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
(bird species of China) white-eared night heron (Gorsachius magnificus)
Mediterranean Sea
Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007), Austrian diplomat and politician, secretary-general of UN 1972-1981, president of Austria 1986-1992
Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc
to make one's living from the sea
sea anemone
Channel Islands
East Sea Fleet
Commercial Press, Shanghai (from 1897)
Jinghai county in Tianjin 天津[tiān jīn]
tideland reclamation
Fuhai county or Burultoqay nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[ā lè tài dì qū], Xinjiang
patriotic overseas compatriot
to become known far and wide (idiom)
Primorsky Krai (Russian territory whose administrative center is Vladivostok 符拉迪沃斯托克)
palytoxin
oceanic sediment (geology)
(bird species of China) pelagic cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)
(bird species of China) rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)
lit. waves on a sea of vinegar
Haibao, Expo 2010 mascot
spotted seal (Phoca largha)
North Hwanghae Province of west North Korea
lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom)
high as the mountain and deep as the sea (idiom); fig. infinite bounty
the whole world
Hayden or Haydn (name)
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
Red Sea
Emperor of the Sea
Songhay people of Mali and the Sahara
beach
Jianghai district of Jiangmen city 江門市|江门市, Guangdong
sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn
prohibition on entering or leaving by sea
known throughout the country (idiom); world-famous
date (fruit)
Changhai county in Dalian 大連|大连[dà lián], Liaoning
Binhai New District, subprovincial district of Tianjin
to boast
army, navy, air force
thalassemia
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE)
Changhai county in Dalian 大連|大连[dà lián], Liaoning
Fuhai county or Burultoqay nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[ā lè tài dì qū], Xinjiang
coastal defense
Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German lyric poet
seascape
customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)
sea snail
marine corps
Haicheng, county-level city in Anshan 鞍山[ān shān], Liaoning
Haiyang, county-level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong
Sea of Azov in southern Russia
Haizhou district of Lianyungang city 連雲港市|连云港市[lián yún gǎng shì], Jiangsu
Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan shipping line)
Chinese flowering crab apple (Malus spectabilis)
sea lily
great scallop (Pecten maxiumus)
online purchase of goods dispatched from overseas
lit. to move mountains and drain seas
Haifeng county in Shanwei 汕尾, Guangdong
Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976), German physicist
Haiyan County in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州[hǎi běi zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
Heidelberg (Germany)
Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[qín huáng dǎo shì], Hebei
Dinghai district of Zhoushan city 舟山市[zhōu shān shì], Zhejiang
pirate version
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC)
see 水中撈月|水中捞月[shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè]
walrus
Mannheim, German city at the confluence of Rhine and Neckar
to cross the sea by a trick (idiom)
Cape Haijiao in Sanya 三亞|三亚[sān yà], Hainan
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
KAIFU Toshiki (1931-), Japanese politician, prime minister 1989-1991
to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love
see 安妮·海瑟薇[ān ní · hǎi sè wēi]
sea of learning
sea wave
Shanghai International Studies University (SISU)
Beihai prefecture-level city and seaport in Guangxi
Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Company
lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
to stuff oneself with food
a dark sea
maritime climate
Zhonghua Zihai, the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionary with 85,568 entries, compiled in 1994
Aral Sea
Jiangsu-Gansu railway
Hyde Park
Huaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州[xú zhōu], including parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces
Beihai, park in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City
offshore
vast as the open sea (idiom); fig. extensive (library)
Cantonese seafood soup
Hainan Airlines
fur seal
harbor district
nations of the Persian Gulf
vast area
Yaohai district of Hefei city 合肥市[hé féi shì], Anhui
Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC), skyscraper
foreign edition (of a newspaper)
Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Peking University, Tsinghua University 清華大學|清华大学[qīng huá dà xué] and Zhongguancun 中關村|中关村[zhōng guān cūn]
appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable
Zhenhai district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[níng bō shì], Zhejiang
Haidai, historical region extending from the Bohai Sea to Mt Tai in Shandong
Taiwan Strait
South Hwanghae Province of west North Korea
lit. sea of bitterness
the vast ocean
manatee
Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), semi-official organization established by the ROC government in Taiwan
(bird species of China) Swinhoe's storm petrel (Oceanodroma monorhis)
lieutenant commander
rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom); fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies
the Dead Sea
coast guard
levee
Linhai county in east Zhejiang
(bird species of China) Pallas's fish eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus)
sailor; mariner
Strait of Calais in the English channel
sea of hatred is hard to fill (idiom); irreconcilable division
the Bering Strait (between Siberia and Alaska)
Chenghai Lake in Lijiang 麗江市|丽江市, Hunan
deep sea
Hainan District of Wuhait City 烏海市|乌海市[wū hǎi shì], Inner Mongolia
Hokkaidō, Japan
The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.
house built with cheap, unreliable concrete which contains a high quantity of sea sand
Neptune (planet)
tidal marsh
Hai'an county in Nantong 南通[nán tōng], Jiangsu
Nanhai District of Foshan City 佛山市[fó shān shì], Guangdong