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HSK
sea / ocean
HSK 2
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  *海* | 海* | *海
ocean / sea / CL: 個|个, / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous
HSK 2
coast; seaside; seashore; beach
HSK 2
navy
HSK 6
seafood
HSK 4
coastal
HSK 6
ocean
HSK 6
poster / playbill / notice
HSK 6
bay / gulf
HSK 6
seawater
HSK 4
Ledu, a district of Haidong City 海東市|海东市, Qinghai
customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
Shanghai municipality (short name 滬|沪)
Hualong Hui Autonomous County, in Haidong City 海東市|海东市, Qinghai
Huzhu Tu Autonomous County, in Haidong City 海東市|海东市, Qinghai
sea of clouds
sea of flowers; expanse of flowers
Wendeng, a district of Weihai City 威海市, Shandong
overseas; abroad
HSK 6
penis fish; fat innkeeper worm (Urechis unicinctus)
beach / CL:
HSK 7-9
Ping'an, a district of Haidong City 海東市|海东市, Qinghai
mountains and seas
(courteous) magnanimity / great capacity for alcohol / (attributive) enormous quantity; massive volume
HSK 7-9
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)
HSK 7-9
Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County, in Haidong City 海東市|海东市, Qinghai
sea wave
HSK 6
Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, in Haidong City 海東市|海东市, Qinghai
Shanghai municipality (short name 滬|沪)
Shanghainese / Shanghai dialect
sea sand
Shanghai University
Hai'an, a county-level city in Nantong City 南通市, Jiangsu
SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) (abbr. for 上海合作組織|上海合作组织)
abbr. for 上海汽車工業集團|上海汽车工业集团, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC)
seaweed / marine alga / kelp
HSK 7-9
(US Navy) SEAL commando unit
Sanya, prefecture-level city in Hainan Province 海南省
coastal / seacoast
HSK 7-9
Cantonese seafood soup
to sail the seas / maritime navigation / voyage
HSK 7-9
Jin Tianhe (1874–1947), late-Qing poet and novelist, co-author of A Flower in a Sinful Sea 孽海花
lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames / fig. extreme danger (idiom)
lieutenant commander
Vladivostok (Russian port city, Chinese name: 海參崴|海参崴)
seabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean
HSK 6
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen (abbr. for 北京 + 上海 + 廣州|广州 + 深圳)
SpongeBob SquarePants (US animated TV series, 1999–)
coco de mer or "sea coconut" (Lodoicea maldivica)
abbr. for 上海交通大學|上海交通大学 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西安交通大學|西安交通大学 Xia'an Jiaotong University, 國立交通大學|国立交通大学 National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) etc
Mangnai, a county-level city in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai
Arabian Sea
(ACG) pirated version; unauthorized copy
(zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber
HSK 7-9
Northeast China / Manchuria / lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关 / Kantō region of Japan
shipping by sea
HSK 7-9
Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
Caribbean Sea
saltwater fish
saltwater fish
Haimen, a district of Nantong City 南通市, Jiangsu
Shanghai Grand Theater
(lit.) the Yellow River is clear and the seas are calm (idiom) / (fig.) the world is at peace
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
China National Offshore Oil Corporation
municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city
One Piece (manga and anime)
Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes
Tunghai University (in Taichung, Taiwan)
strait; channel
HSK 7-9
Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), abbr. for 上海證券交易所|上海证券交易所
Houhai, a lake and the area surrounding it in central Beijing
applicable anywhere (idiom)
captain (= UK and US Navy equivalent)
great changes / ups and downs / vicissitudes / abbr. of 滄海桑田|沧海桑田
HSK 7-9
Hainan Province, capital Haikou 海口市 (short name 瓊|琼)
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC)
Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist
the high seas; international waters
Ionian Sea between Italy and Greece
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE)
Donghai, a county in Lianyungang City 連雲港市|连云港市, Jiangsu
Shanghai International Studies University (SISU)
World Customs Organization
to go out to sea / (neologism) to expand into overseas markets
the mind / the brain
HSK 7-9
(military) human wave attack
(fig.) the whole world
Shanghai Theatre Academy
(bird species of China) Turkestan ground jay; Pander's ground jay (Podoces panderi)
(Persian) Gulf
CNOOC; China National Offshore Oil Corporation
close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door / close in spirit although far away

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