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 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous
Results beginning with 海
 hǎi wài overseas / abroad
 Hǎi nán Hainan Province, in the South China Sea, short name 瓊|琼[Qiong2], capital Haikou 海口[Hai3 kou3] / Hainan Island / Hainan District of Wuhai City 烏海市|乌海市[Wu1 hai3 Shi4], Inner Mongolia / Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
 hǎi yáng ocean / CL:個|个[ge4]
 hǎi jūn navy
 hǎi bào poster / playbill / notice
 hǎi guān customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL:個|个[ge4]
 Hǎi ěr Haier (PRC household appliance brand) / Hale (name)
 hǎi kǒu estuary / coastal inlet / river mouth / seaport / see also 誇海口|夸海口[kua1 hai3 kou3]
 hǎi shàng maritime
 hǎi shuǐ seawater
 hǎi tān beach / CL:片[pian4]
 hǎi dǐ seabed / seafloor / bottom of the ocean
 hǎi biān coast / seaside / seashore / beach
 hǎi dào pirate
 hǎi bá height above sea level / elevation
 hǎi xiá channel / strait
 hǎi xiān seafood
 hǎi àn coastal / seacoast
 hǎi liàng huge volume
 hǎi yù sea area / territorial waters / maritime space
 hǎi xiào tsunami
 Hǎi xìn Hisense (brand)
 hǎi miàn sea level / sea surface
 hǎi fēng sea breeze / sea wind (i.e. from the sea)
 hǎi bīn shore / seaside
 hǎi wān bay / gulf
 hǎi lǐ nautical mile
 hǎi táng Chinese flowering crab apple (Malus spectabilis)
 hǎi yùn shipping by sea
 hǎi tún dolphin
 hǎi làng sea wave
 hǎi mián sponge (zoology) / sponge (piece of absorbent material, either natural or made from plastic etc) / foam rubber
 hǎi dǎo island
 hǎi guī sb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience (a pun on 海龜|海龟[hai3 gui1]) / to return to China after a period of study or work overseas
 hǎi gǎng seaport / harbor
 Hǎi dé Hyde (surname)
 hǎi shì maritime affairs / accident at sea
 hǎi jǐng seascape / sea view
 hǎi shì mirage (lit. or fig.)
 hǎi ōu (bird species of China) mew gull (Larus canus)
 hǎi xuǎn (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.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition
 Hǎi dì Haiti, the western third of Caribbean island Hispaniola
 hǎi dài kelp
 hǎi zhàn naval battle
 hǎi zi (dialect) wetlands / lake
 hǎi mǎ sea horse / hippocampus
 hǎi cháo tide
 hǎi zǎo seaweed / marine alga / kelp
 Hǎi yán sea salt
 Hǎi hé Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 / at Dagukou 大沽口)
 hǎi guī turtle / Internet slang for 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1]
 Hǎi háng Hainan Airlines
 hǎi shēn sea cucumber
 hǎi zéi pirate
 hǎi luó sea snail / whelk / conch
 hǎi bào seal (zoology)
 Hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player
 hǎi xīng starfish / sea star
 hǎi shī sea lion
 hǎi jiǎo cape / promontory
 hǎi nèi the whole world / throughout the land / everything under the sun
 hǎi fáng coastal defense
 hǎi yuán sailor / mariner
 hǎi qū maritime zone
 hǎi chǎn marine / produced in sea
 Hǎi yá The Hague (city in the Netherlands) / Den Haag
 Hǎi cāng Haicang district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[Xia4 men2 shi4] (Amoy), Fujian
 hǎi bō hypo (loanword) / sodium thiosulfate Na2S2O3 used in fixing photos (formerly hyposulfite) / wave (sea)
 hǎi lù sea and land / ocean and continent / army and navy
 hǎi nàn perils of the sea
 hǎi shān seamount
 hǎi fēng cap
 hǎi niǎo seabird
 hǎi sī Hayes (Microcomputer)
 hǎi chuán seagoing ship
 hǎi hóng mussel
 hǎi wèi seafood
 hǎi zhé Rhopilema esculenta, an edible jellyfish
 hǎi tái nori
 Hǎi dùn Haydn (name) / Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Austrian classical composer
 hǎi tú nautical chart / marine chart / hydrographic chart / chart
 hǎi dǎn sea urchin
 hǎi cǎo seagrass
 hǎi gōu marine trench
 hǎi dī levee / dyke / seawall
 Hǎi dēng Hayden or Haydn (name)
 hǎi gǒu fur seal
 hǎi niú manatee
 hǎi mǐ dried shrimps
 hǎi kuí sea anemone
 hǎi jiāng coastal border region
 hǎi xiàng walrus
 hǎi jǐng coast guard
 hǎi yù giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos) / common calla
 hǎi lí beaver
 hǎi bīng sea ice
 Hǎi niè Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German lyric poet
 hǎi sǔn damage to goods during shipping
 hǎi chuáng seabed / seafloor / bottom of the ocean
 hǎi jìn prohibition on entering or leaving by sea
 hǎi zǎo date (fruit)
  sill
  drogue
 Hǎi ān Hai'an county in Nantong 南通[Nan2 tong1], Jiangsu
 Hǎi bǎo Haibao, Expo 2010 mascot
 Hǎi běi Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai
 hǎi biǎn (slang) to beat sb up
 hǎi cáo trough line
 Hǎi chéng Haicheng, county-level city in Anshan 鞍山[An1 shan1], Liaoning
 hǎi cuò seafood delicacy
 Hǎi dài Haidai, historical region extending from the Bohai Sea to Mt Tai in Shandong
 hǎi dài student who has returned from overseas but is yet to find a job (pun on 海帶|海带[hai3 dai4]) / cf. 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1]
 hǎi dào sea-lane
 Hǎi dí Heidi
 Hǎi diàn Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Peking University, Tsinghua University 清華大學|清华大学[Qing1 hua2 da4 xue2] and Zhongguancun 中關村|中关村[Zhong1 guan1 cun1]
 Hǎi dōng Haidong prefecture, Qinghai
 Hǎi duān Haiduan or Haituan township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
 Hǎi fǎ Haifa (city in Israel)
 Hǎi fēng Haifeng county in Shanwei 汕尾, Guangdong
 hǎi hán (polite expression) to be magnanimous enough to forgive or tolerate (one's errors or shortcomings)
 hǎi háo sea moat / moat
 hǎi jiǎ headland
 hǎi jiāo (dialect) hot pepper
 hǎi jiù sea eagle / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
 Hǎi kāng Haikang former county in Zhanjiang 湛江[Zhan4 jiang1], Guangdong / Haikang (company name)
 hǎi lǐ sea bream
 hǎi lì oyster
 Hǎi lín Hailin, county-level city in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang
 hǎi lǐng mid-ocean ridge
 Hǎi líng Hailing district of Taizhou city 泰州市[Tai4 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu
 hǎi liú pomegranate
 hǎi lú sea bass
 Hǎi lún Hailun, county-level city in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang / Helen or Hélène (name)
 Hǎi mén Haimen, county-level city in Nantong 南通[Nan2 tong1], Jiangsu
 Hǎi níng Haining, county-level city in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴[Jia1 xing1], Zhejiang
 hǎi qiào Ascidiacea / sea squirt
 hǎi qiū knoll
 hǎi rì sun over sea
 Hǎi ruì Hairui township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
 hǎi shā sea sand (sand of the ocean floor or seashore)
 hǎi shén Emperor of the Sea / Neptune
 hǎi shí coastal erosion / marine abrasion
 Hǎi shǔ Haishu district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang
 hǎi tǎ sea otter
 hǎi táo online purchase of goods dispatched from overseas
 hǎi tú tidal marsh / shoal / shallows
 hǎi tù sea hare (Aplysia)
 hǎi wǎn very large bowl
西 Hǎi xī Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: Mtsho-nub Sog-rigs dang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) in Qinghai
 hǎi xiàng marine facies (geology)
Approximate Results for 海
 Shàng hǎi Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hu4]
 Zhū hǎi Zhuhai prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3] in south China
 dà hǎi sea / ocean
 Qīng hǎi Qinghai province (Tsinghai) in west China, abbr. 青, capital Xining 西寧|西宁
 Nán Hǎi South China Sea
 Dōng Hǎi East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
 Běi hǎi Beihai, park in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City / the North Sea (Europe) / Beihai prefecture-level city and seaport in Guangxi / Bohai Sea / Lake Baikal
沿 yán hǎi coastal
 Wēi hǎi Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong
 bīn hǎi coastal / bordering the sea
 háng hǎi to sail the seas / maritime navigation / voyage
 rén hǎi a multitude / a sea of people
 nǎo hǎi the mind / the brain
 shēn hǎi deep sea
 chū hǎi to go out to sea / (neologism) to expand into overseas markets
 Tái hǎi abbr. for 台灣海峽|台湾海峡, Taiwan Strait
 Bó Hǎi Bohai Sea, or Bo Hai, between Liaoning and Shandong / Parhae, Korean kingdom in Manchuria and Siberia 698-926
 xià hǎi to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
 lín hǎi to overlook the sea / on the waterfront
 Huáng Hǎi Yellow Sea
 liú hǎi bangs / fringe (hair)
 kǔ hǎi lit. sea of bitterness / abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term) / depths of misery
 Huái hǎi Huaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州[Xu2 zhou1], including parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces
 jìn hǎi coastal waters / offshore
 xué hǎi sea of learning / erudite / knowledgeable person / scholarship
 Hóng Hǎi (neologism) highly competitive market (contrasted with 藍海|蓝海[lan2 hai3])
西 Xī Hǎi Yellow Sea (Korean term)
 Lǒng Hǎi Jiangsu-Gansu railway / abbr. for 隴海鐵路|陇海铁路[Long3 Hai3 tie3 lu4]
 wài hǎi offshore / open sea
 lǐng hǎi territorial waters
 Sǐ Hǎi the Dead Sea
 Hēi Hǎi Black Sea
 Er3 hǎi Erhai Lake
 Cí hǎi Cihai, encyclopedic dictionary of Chinese first published in 1936
 Lǐ Hǎi Caspian Sea
 gōng hǎi high sea / international waters
 Yuè Hǎi Guangdong-Hainan
鸿 Hóng hǎi Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company, aka Foxconn
 yù hǎi ocean of lust (Buddhist term) / worldly desires
 qiǎn hǎi shallow sea / sea less than 200 meters deep
 nèi hǎi enclosed sea
 huàn hǎi officialdom / bureaucracy
 zhuì hǎi to fall into the ocean / to crash into the ocean
 yān hǎi the vast ocean
 Xián Hǎi Aral Sea
 bá hǎi elevation (above sea level)
 Bái Hǎi White Sea
 bīn hǎi coastal / bordering the sea
 Bó hǎi Han dynasty province around the Bohai sea / renamed 渤海 / after the Han
 bó hǎi vast area / all the way to the sea
 Cǎo hǎi Caohai Lake, Guizhou
 Cháng hǎi Changhai county in Dalian 大連|大连[Da4 lian2], Liaoning
 Chéng hǎi Chenghai District of Shantou city 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong
 Dìng hǎi Dinghai district of Zhoushan city 舟山市[Zhou1 shan1 shi4], Zhejiang / Qing dynasty name of 舟山市
 Fǎ hǎi Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake 白蛇傳|白蛇传[Bai2 she2 Zhuan4]
 Fú hǎi Fuhai county or Burultoqay nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[A1 le4 tai4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
 Hòu hǎi Houhai, a lake and the area surrounding it in central Beijing
 Jiāng hǎi Jianghai district of Jiangmen city 江門市|江门市, Guangdong
 Jìng hǎi Jinghai county in Tianjin 天津[Tian1 jin1] / Sea of Tranquillity (on the moon)
 lán hǎi (neologism) an unexplored, as yet uncontested market (contrasted with 紅海|红海[hong2 hai3])
 Liáo hǎi east and south of Liaoning province
 Líng hǎi Linghai, county-level city in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning
 liú hǎi see 劉海|刘海[liu2 hai3]
 liú hǎi see 劉海|刘海[liu2 hai3]
 Lóng hǎi Longhai, county-level city in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
 Měng hǎi 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[Xi1 shuang1 ban3 na4 Dai3 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
 míng hǎi a dark sea
 Níng hǎi Ninghai county in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1], Zhejiang
 Oū hǎi Ouhai district of Wenzhou city 溫州市|温州市[Wen1 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang
 piāo hǎi to go abroad
 Qióng hǎi Qionghai City, Hainan
 Sāng hǎi Songhay people of Mali and the Sahara
 Táng hǎi Tanghai county in Tangshan 唐山[Tang2 shan1], Hebei
 tǎo hǎi to make one's living from the sea
 tián hǎi land reclamation
 Tōng hǎi Tonghai county in Yuxi 玉溪[Yu4 xi1], Yunnan
 Wū hǎi Wuhait or Wuhai, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia
 Xīng hǎi Xinghai county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
 Yáo hǎi Yaohai district of Hefei city 合肥市[He2 fei2 shi4], Anhui
 yè hǎi sea of evil / endless crime
 yín hǎi moviedom / the world of movies / film circles
 yuān hǎi (lit.) abyss and ocean / (fig.) vast and profound
 yuè hǎi lunar mare
 Zhèn hǎi Zhenhai district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang
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 Dì zhōng Hǎi Mediterranean Sea
 Zhōng nán hǎi Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
 zhōng hǎi yóu China National Offshore Oil Corporation
 Běi hǎi dào Hokkaidō, Japan
 Shān hǎi guān Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall / Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 shi4], Hebei
 Qīng hǎi Hú Qinghai Lake (Tibetan: mtsho-sngon)
 Shàng hǎi huà Shanghainese / Shanghai dialect
 Dōng hǎi àn East Coast
 Rì běn Hǎi Sea of Japan
 shí chà hǎi Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes
 Bó hǎi wān Bohai Bay
 Zhōng guó Hǎi the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea)
 háng hǎi jiā mariner / seafarer
 pàng dà hǎi malva nut / seed of Sterculia lychnophora
 qiū hǎi táng begonia
 Màn hǎi mǔ Mannheim, German city at the confluence of Rhine and Neckar
 Xiǎn Xīng hǎi 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[Huang2 He2 Da4 he2 chang4]
 Wēi hǎi wèi Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong
 Fēi lún hǎi Fahrenheit, Taiwan pop group, from 2005
 An1 Dé hǎi An Dehai (-1869), the Qing equivalent of Rasputin, all-powerful court eunuch with the dowager empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4], executed in 1869 by her rival Empress Mother Empress Dowager Ci'an 慈安皇太后
 kuā hǎi kǒu to boast / to talk big
  shelf sea
  abyssal floor
  Gulf of Oman / Sea of Oman
  deep sea-fan / abyssal fan / slope fan / abyssal cone
  seaward / seaward of
沿  coastal area
  microtsunami
  maritime front
  marginal sea / marginal basin
  Black Sea Unit
  paleotsunami
 Aì qín Hǎi Aegean Sea
 Bái lìng Hǎi Bering Sea
 bān dá hǎi Banda Sea, in the East Indian Archipelago
 bān hǎi bào spotted seal (Phoca largha)
 bān hǎi què (bird species of China) long-billed murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix)
 běi hǎi gǒu northern
 Běi hǎi shì Beihai prefecture-level city and seaport in Guangxi
 Bīn hǎi xiàn Binhai county in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城[Yan2 cheng2], Jiangsu
 Cháng hǎi xiàn Changhai county in Dalian 大連|大连[Da4 lian2], Liaoning
 Chéng hǎi Hú Chenghai Lake in Lijiang 麗江市|丽江市, Hunan
 Chéng hǎi qū Chenghai District of Shantou city 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong
 Dá dá hǎi Straits of Tartary between Sakhalin and Russian mainland
 dà hǎi gōu marine trench
 Dìng hǎi qū Dinghai district of Zhoushan city 舟山市[Zhou1 shan1 shi4], Zhejiang
 Dì wèn Hǎi Timor Sea
 Dōng hǎi xiàn Donghai county in Lianyungang 連雲港|连云港[Lian2 yun2 gang3], Jiangsu
 fēng bì hǎi enclosed sea
 Fú hǎi xiàn Fuhai county or Burultoqay nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[A1 le4 tai4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
 guān hǎi què (bird species of China) Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume)
 háng hǎi zhě navigator
 Hǎo Hǎi dōng Hao Haidong (1970-), former Chinese soccer player
 Huáng hǎi dào former Hwanghae Province of northwest Korea, divided into North and South Hwanghae Province of North Korea in 1954
 Jiāng hǎi qū Jianghai district of Jiangmen city 江門市|江门市, Guangdong
 Jìng hǎi xiàn Jinghai county in Tianjin 天津[Tian1 jin1]
 kā lā hǎi Kara sea
 Líng hǎi shì Linghai, county-level city in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning
 Lín hǎi shì Linhai, county-level city in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang
 Lín hǎi xiàn Linhai county in east Zhejiang
 Liú qiú Hǎi Ryūkyū / Sea / refers to the Ryūkyū / Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liu2 qiu2 Qun2 dao3] stretching from Japan to Taiwan
 Lóng hǎi shì Longhai, county-level city in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
 mǎ hǎi máo mohair (loanword)
 Měng hǎi xiàn 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[Xi1 shuang1 ban3 na4 Dai3 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
 nán hǎi chéng Southsea
 Nán hǎi qū Nanhai District of Foshan City 佛山市[Fo2 shan1 Shi4], Guangdong
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