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

• 海百合 crinoid
• 海日 sun over sea
• 瓶鼻海豚 bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
• 濒海(瀕海) coastal; bordering the sea
• 浅海(淺海) shallow sea; sea less than 200 meters deep
• 海虹 mussel
• 直布罗陀海峡(直布羅陀海峽) Strait of Gibraltar
• 海军上将(海軍上將) admiral
• 海水养殖(海水養殖) aquaculture
• 东海大桥(東海大橋) Donghai Bridge, 32.5 km bridge between Shanghai and the offshore Yangshan deep-water port
• 拍宰海族 Pazeh people
• 黄海南道(黃海南道) South Hwanghae Province of west North Korea
• 海蜇 jellyfish
• 海潮 tide
• 死海古卷 Dead Sea Scrolls
• 沧海桑田(滄海桑田) time brings great changes; life's vicissitudes
• 海贝(海貝) a cowrie shell
• 海王 Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero
• 沿海 coast ; along the coast
• 海豚 dolphin
• 海登 Hayden; Haydn
• 八仙过海(八仙過海) the eight immortals cross the sea; each to do what they do best
• 海狗 fur seal
• 威振四海 to inspire awe everywhere
• 冠海雀 Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume)
• 海苔 nori
• 江河湖海 rivers and lakes
• 海相 marine facies
• 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)
• 柔佛海峡(柔佛海峽) Straits of Johor
• 海权时代(海權時代) Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration

Also contained in

海德尔堡 、 上海市 、 乌海 、 海兴县 、 海森伯 、 海参崴 、 澄海 、 第勒尼安海 、 海明威 、 凌海市 、 海尼根 、 海岱 、 海斯 、 海宁 、 山海关区 、 唐海 、 斯文·海定 、 亚速海 、 大元海运记 、 加勒比海

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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
• 卷五十四 列傳第四十八 諸夷 Volume 54: Various Barbarians Book of Liang 梁書 — 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
• 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