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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 / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
poster / playbill / notice
HSK 6
bay / gulf
HSK 6
seawater
HSK 4
customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
Shanghai municipality (abbr. to 滬|沪)
overseas; abroad
HSK 6
beach / CL:
HSK 7-9
huge 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
sea wave
HSK 6
Shanghai municipality (abbr. to 滬|沪)
Shanghainese / Shanghai dialect
Shanghai University
seaweed / marine alga / kelp
HSK 7-9
coastal / seacoast
HSK 7-9
Cantonese seafood soup
to sail the seas / maritime navigation / voyage
HSK 7-9
lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames / fig. extreme danger (idiom)
lieutenant commander
seabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean
HSK 6
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
SpongeBob SquarePants (US TV animated series, 1999-)
coco de mer or "sea coconut" (Lodoicea maldivica)
Arabian Sea
pirate version / bootleg
(zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber
HSK 7-9
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
Shanghai Grand Theater
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
China National Offshore Oil Corporation
One Piece (manga and anime)
Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes
Tunghai University (in Taichung, Taiwan)
strait; channel
HSK 7-9
Houhai, a lake and the area surrounding it in central Beijing
applicable anywhere (idiom)
captain (= UK and US Navy equivalent)
Hainan Province, capital Haikou 海口市 (abbr. to 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 county in Lianyungang 連雲港|连云港, 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 Theatrical Institute
(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
lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) / fig. overwhelming / earth-shattering / in a spectacular mess
Hao Haidong (1970-), former Chinese soccer player
sea area / territorial waters / maritime space
HSK 7-9
shore / seaside
HSK 7-9
Hisense (brand)
coastal border region
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
Hokkaidō, Japan
height above sea level / elevation
HSK 7-9
pirate
HSK 7-9
to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) / to achieve one's aim by underhanded means
sailor; mariner
Taiwan Strait
lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom) / fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
estuary
perils of the sea
to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love / to swear by all the Gods
sea snail / whelk / conch
Jinghai, a district of Tianjin 天津 / Sea of Tranquility (lunar feature)
offshore / open sea
domestic and international; at home and abroad
HSK 7-9
Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) / abbr. to 海基會|海基会
sea level
(zoology) seal
(neologism) an unexplored, as yet uncontested market (contrasted with 紅海|红海)
Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976), German physicist
Shanghai Stadium
Maritime Day (July 11th) commemorating the first voyage of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和 in 1405 AD
Haigang, a district of Qinhuangdao City 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市, Hebei
coast guard
bay bridge (elevated bridge across stretch of water)

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