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海

hǎi · hai/Hǎi · hai

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HSK 2Measure words: 个 gè, 片 piàn

Meaning

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hǎi 海

  1. ocean
  2. sea
  3. great number of people or things
  4. (dialect) numerous

Hǎi 海

  1. surname Hai
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In a conversation

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Let us go to the sea

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)去(qù)看(kàn)海(hǎi)。

    I want to go and see the sea.

  2. Liangliang

    现在(xiànzài)？离(lí)海(hǎi)很(hěn)远(yuǎn)呢(ne)。

    Now? It is far from the sea.

  3. Dengdeng

    听说(tīngshuō)海(hǎi)的(de)声音(shēngyīn)很(hěn)好听(hǎotīng)。

    I hear the sound of the sea is very pleasant.

  4. Liangliang

    坐(zuò)车(chē)要(yào)两(liǎng)个(gè)小时(xiǎoshí)。

    It takes two hours by car.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)明天(míngtiān)早上(zǎoshang)去(qù)海边(hǎibiān)吧(ba)！

    Then let us go to the seaside tomorrow morning!

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In a sentence

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01

我(wǒ)们(men)从(cóng)这(zhè)里(lǐ)可(kě)以(yǐ)听(tīng)到(dào)海(hǎi)的(de)声(shēng)音(yīn)。

We can hear the ocean from here.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

夏(xià)天(tiān)我(wǒ)们(men)全(quán)家(jiā)常(cháng)去(qù)海(hǎi)边(biān)游(yóu)泳(yǒng)。

In summer our whole family often goes swimming at the seaside.

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