海 (hǎi) means Ocean (sea). Below are 24 of the 47 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他吃 海 鲜会过敏。
Tā chī hǎixiān huì guòmǐn.
He gets an allergic reaction from seafood.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 过敏
经理去上 海 出差了。
Jīnglǐ qù Shànghǎi chū chāi le.
The manager went to Shanghai on a business trip.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 出差
我们应该保护 海 洋。
Wǒmen yīnggāi bǎohù hǎiyáng.
We should protect the oceans.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 海洋
眼前是辽阔的大 海 。
Yǎnqián shì liáokuò de dàhǎi.
Before us stretched the vast sea.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 辽阔
眼前是茫茫的大 海 。
Yǎnqián shì mángmáng de dàhǎi.
Before us was the boundless sea.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 茫茫
他在沿 海 城市长大。
Tā zài yánhǎi chéngshì zhǎngdà.
He grew up in a coastal city.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 沿海
我们在 海 关等了很久。
Wǒmen zài hǎiguān děng le hěn jiǔ.
We waited a long time at customs.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 海关
这些东西 海 关不让带。
Zhèxiē dōngxi hǎiguān bú ràng dài.
Customs does not allow these things through.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 海关
我们去 海 边吃 海 鲜吧。
Wǒmen qù hǎibiān chī hǎixiān ba.
Let us go to the coast and eat seafood.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 海鲜
地球上陆地比 海 洋少。
Dìqiú shàng lùdì bǐ hǎiyáng shǎo.
There is less land than sea on the earth.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 陆地
公司派他去上 海 出差。
Gōngsī pài tā qù Shànghǎi chū chāi.
The company sent him to Shanghai on business.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 派
海 拔越高，气温越低。
Hǎibá yuè gāo, qìwēn yuè dī.
The higher the altitude, the lower the temperature.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 海拔
蔚蓝的 海 水一望无际。
Wèilán de hǎishuǐ yíwàngwújì.
The azure sea stretches beyond sight.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 蔚蓝
海 洋里有各种各样的鱼。
Hǎiyáng lǐ yǒu gè zhǒng gè yàng de yú.
There are all kinds of fish in the ocean.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 海洋
这家饭店的 海 鲜很新鲜。
Zhè jiā fàndiàn de hǎixiān hěn xīnxiān.
The seafood at this restaurant is very fresh.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 海鲜
航空运输比 海 运快得多。
Hángkōng yùnshū bǐ hǎiyùn kuài de duō.
Air transport is far faster than sea freight.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 航空
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From the graded readers
上个月我坐火车去上 海 。
shànggèyuè wǒ zuò huǒchē qù shànghǎi.
Last month I took the train to Shanghai.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
四个小时以后，火车到了上 海 。
sì gè xiǎoshí yǐhòu, huǒchē dàole shànghǎi.
Four hours later the train arrived in Shanghai.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
上 海 比我的城市大多了，也热闹多了。
shànghǎi bǐ wǒ de(possessive) chéngshì dàduō le / liǎo / liào, yě rènao duōle.
Shanghai is far bigger than my city, and far livelier.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
From the travel phrasebook
我要转机去上 海 。
Wǒ yào zhuǎnjī qù Shànghǎi.
I'm transferring to Shanghai.
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
我要一张去上 海 的票。
Wǒ yào yì zhāng qù Shànghǎi de piào.
One ticket to Shanghai, please.
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
海 appears in 47 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 海
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Questions about 海
How is 海 used in a sentence?
This page shows 47 sentences using 海 (hǎi, "Ocean (sea)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 海 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 海 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 海?
The dictionary page for 海 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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