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HSK
customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *海* | 海* | *海
ocean / sea / CL: 個|个, / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous
HSK 2
ocean / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
coast / seaside / seashore / beach
HSK 2
bay / gulf
HSK 6
seawater
HSK 4
seafood
HSK 4
overseas; abroad
HSK 6
penis fish; fat innkeeper worm (Urechis unicinctus)
all rivers run into the sea / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
huge volume
HSK 7-9
sea wave
HSK 6
pirate
HSK 7-9
navy
HSK 6
Hai'an, a county-level city in Nantong City 南通市, Jiangsu
Haimen, a district of Nantong City 南通市, Jiangsu
(US Navy) SEAL commando unit
seaweed / marine alga / kelp
HSK 7-9
poster / playbill / notice
HSK 6
coastal / seacoast
HSK 7-9
Cantonese seafood soup
seabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean
HSK 6
coco de mer or "sea coconut" (Lodoicea maldivica)
tsunami
HSK 7-9
turtle / Internet slang for 海歸|海归
Hainan Province, capital Haikou 海口市 (abbr. to 瓊|琼)
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist
coastline / seaboard / shoreline
domestic and international; at home and abroad
HSK 7-9
wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun
(Persian) Gulf
Haiyan County in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州, Qinghai
shore / seaside
HSK 7-9
sea area / territorial waters / maritime space
HSK 7-9
Hisense (brand)
coastal border region
height above sea level / elevation
HSK 7-9
marine / produced in sea
sea snail / whelk / conch
sea level
strait; channel
HSK 7-9
(zoology) seal
Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976), German physicist
(zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber
HSK 7-9
coast guard
foreign edition (of a newspaper)
Haifeng, a county in Shanwei City 汕尾市, Guangdong
shipping by sea
HSK 7-9
the whole world / throughout the land / everything under the sun
Ascidiacea / sea squirt
SpongeBob SquarePants (US TV animated series, 1999-)
General Administration of Customs (GAC)
maritime affairs / accident at sea
seafood
Haining, a county-level city in Jiaxing City 嘉興市|嘉兴市, Zhejiang
island
maritime
perils of the sea
(dialect) wetlands / lake
Hai Rui (1514-1587), Ming politician, famous for honesty and integrity
sea land air (transport, or military operations)
starfish / sea star
marine facies (geology)
Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) / abbr. to 海基會|海基会
PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)
commander (= UK and US Navy equivalent)
(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
(literary) the sun over the sea
nori
the surface of the sea; ocean surface
HSK 7-9
maritime
seaport / harbor
estuary / coastal inlet / river mouth / seaport / see also 誇海口|夸海口
tide
Haishenwai, traditional Chinese name for Vladivostok 符拉迪沃斯托克
patriotic overseas compatriot
Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口)
beaver
dolphin
KAIFU Toshiki (1931-), Japanese politician, prime minister 1989-1991
sea breeze / sea wind (i.e. from the sea)
sailor; mariner
Hyde (surname)
online purchase of goods dispatched from overseas
China Coast Guard
walrus
beach / CL:
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *海* | 海* | *海
surname Hai
pirate version / bootleg
Haiti
student who has returned from overseas but is yet to find a job (pun on 海帶|海带) / cf. 海歸|海归
Delphinus (constellation)
navy blue
shipping / sea transport
nautical mile

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