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HSK
coast / seaside / seashore / beach
HSK 2
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  *海* | 海* | *海
ocean / sea / CL: 個|个, / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous
HSK 2
sea / ocean
HSK 2
customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
seafood
HSK 4
seawater
HSK 4
poster / playbill / notice
HSK 6
overseas; abroad
HSK 6
navy
HSK 6
seabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean
HSK 6
sea wave
HSK 6
coastal
HSK 6
bay / gulf
HSK 6
ocean / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
coastal / seacoast
HSK 7-9
sea area / territorial waters / maritime space
HSK 7-9
huge volume
HSK 7-9
the mind / the brain
HSK 7-9
coastal / bordering the sea
HSK 7-9
domestic and international; at home and abroad
HSK 7-9
to sail the seas / maritime navigation / voyage
HSK 7-9
(zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber
HSK 7-9
height above sea level / elevation
HSK 7-9
shore / seaside
HSK 7-9
strait; channel
HSK 7-9
tsunami
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
seaweed / marine alga / kelp
HSK 7-9
shipping by sea
HSK 7-9
the surface of the sea; ocean surface
HSK 7-9
beach / CL:
HSK 7-9
pirate
HSK 7-9
Aral Sea
oceanography
Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口)
Luzon Strait between Taiwan and Luzon Island (Philippines)
Guggenheim (name)
nautical mile
Haikou, prefecture-level city and capital of Hainan Province 海南省
Hyde Park
malva nut / seed of Sterculia lychnophora
beaver
Zhonghua Zihai, the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionary with 85,568 entries, compiled in 1994
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
Hailar District of Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市, Inner Mongolia
Korea Strait / Tsushima Strait (between Japan and Korea)
to boast / to talk big
Longhai, a district of Zhangzhou City 漳州市, Fujian
Donghai county in Lianyungang 連雲港|连云港, Jiangsu
to overlook the sea / on the waterfront
Chenghai Lake in Lijiang 麗江市|丽江市, Hunan
The Hague (seat of government of the Netherlands)
(idiom) the whole world is at peace
mussel
Bristol Channel in southwest England
Straits of Johor (between Malaysia and Singapore)
Hainan Island in South China Sea
Red Sea
(neologism) highly competitive market (contrasted with 藍海|蓝海)
headland
(idiom) (lit. and fig.) mirage
seabird
Adriatic Sea
North Hwanghae Province of west North Korea
maritime
Marine Department (Hong Kong)
Haier (PRC household appliance brand) / Hale (name)
Haydn (name) / Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Austrian classical composer
sea urchin
(name) Helen or Hélène / see 海倫市|海伦市
(dialect) wetlands / lake
Caribbean Sea
dolphin
to come to mind / to come to one's attention
vast area / all the way to the sea
Sea of Japan
coastal erosion / marine abrasion
Mediterranean Sea
(coll.) bald crown; male pattern baldness
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC)
Qinghai Province, capital Xining 西寧市|西宁市 (abbr. to )
all men are brothers
Hainan Province, capital Haikou 海口市 (abbr. to 瓊|琼)
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist
Haizhu, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
Heineken (Dutch brewing company) / see also 喜力
manatee
(loanword) heroin
Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
see 水中撈月|水中捞月 / (mahjong) to complete one's hand on the last draw of the round
Binhai (place name) / Binhai New District, subprovincial district of Tianjin / Binhai county in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城, Jiangsu / fictitious city Binhai in political satire / Primorsky, a territory in the far east of Russia
Haibowan District of Wuhait City 烏海市|乌海市, Inner Mongolia
Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker)
(dialect) hot pepper
sea of learning / erudite / knowledgeable person / scholarship
Haiyuan county in Zhongwei 中衛|中卫, Ningxia

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