海绵 海綿 hǎi mián (zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber 下海 xià hǎi 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) 海风 海風 hǎi fēng sea breeze / sea wind (i.e. from the sea) 黑子 hēi zǐ black piece (in Chinese chess) / black stone (in Go) / (astronomy) sunspot syn 东海 東海 dōng hǎi East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) 昏天黑地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times syn 浅海 淺海 qiǎn hǎi shallow sea / sea less than 200 meters deep syn 豆豉 dòu chǐ black bean / black bean sauce 海王 hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player 真武 zhēn wǔ Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝 黑鬼 hēi guǐ black devil (derogatory term for black or African person) 中国海 中國海 zhōng guó hǎi the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea) 乌亮 烏亮 wū liàng lustrous and black / jet-black syn 罗斯托夫 羅斯托夫 luó sī tuō fū Rostov-on-Don, Russian river port and regional capital close to Sea of Azov (north of the Black Sea) 骊 驪 lí black horse / jet steed / good horse / legendary black dragon 将 將 jiàng (bound form) a general / (literary) to command / to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn 黑人 hēi rén black person / an illegal 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 黑色 hēi sè black 大海 dà hǎi sea / ocean syn 黑洞 hēi dòng (astronomy) black hole 晕倒 暈倒 yūn dǎo to faint / to swoon / to black out / to become unconscious syn 海浪 hǎi làng sea wave 出海 chū hǎi to go out to sea / (neologism) to expand into overseas markets 陆地 陸地 lù dì dry land (as opposed to the sea) syn 黑市 hēi shì black market 截然不同 jié rán bù tóng entirely different / different as black and white syn 黑白 hēi bái black and white / right and wrong / monochrome syn 漆黑 qī hēi pitch-black syn 颠簸 顛簸 diān bǒ to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience syn 乌云 烏雲 wū yún black cloud syn 海面 hǎi miàn the surface of the sea / ocean surface 黑发 黑髮 hēi fà black hair syn 狗熊 gǒu xióng black bear / coward syn 火海 huǒ hǎi a sea of flames syn 打捞 打撈 dǎ lāo to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea) syn 葬身 zàng shēn to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc) syn 海域 hǎi yù sea area / territorial waters / maritime space syn 大海捞针 大海撈針 dà hǎi lāo zhēn lit. to fish a needle from the sea / to find a needle in a haystack (idiom) syn 抹黑 mǒ hēi to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words) syn 海星 hǎi xīng starfish / sea star 水边 水邊 shuǐ biān edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river) syn 海拔 hǎi bá height above sea level / elevation syn 远航 遠航 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight 海狮 海獅 hǎi shī sea lion syn 海景 hǎi jǐng seascape / sea view 黑心 hēi xīn ruthless and lacking in conscience / vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy / black core (flaw in pottery) syn 白纸黑字 白紙黑字 bái zhǐ hēi zì (written) in black and white syn 深海 shēn hǎi deep sea syn 澎湃 péng pài (of the sea etc) surging / tempestuous / (fig.) highly emotional / fervent syn 人鱼 人魚 rén yú mermaid / dugong / sea cow / manatee / giant salamander syn 船运 船運 chuán yùn sea freight / shipping 海马 海馬 hǎi mǎ sea horse / hippocampus (abbr. for 海馬體|海马体[hai3ma3ti3]) 海胆 海膽 hǎi dǎn sea urchin 苦海 kǔ hǎi lit. sea of bitterness / abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term) / depths of misery syn 风平浪静 風平浪靜 fēng píng làng jìng lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom) / tranquil environment / all is quiet / a dead calm (at sea) syn 害群之马 害群之馬 hài qún zhī mǎ lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom) / fig. troublemaker / black sheep / rotten apple syn 红茶 紅茶 hóng chá black tea / CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2] 公海 gōng hǎi high sea / international waters 黝黑 yǒu hēi dark / black / suntanned syn 人海 rén hǎi a multitude / a sea of people syn 黑熊 hēi xióng Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) syn 穷凶极恶 窮兇極惡 qióng xiōng jí è fiendish / black-hearted syn 海战 海戰 hǎi zhàn sea warfare / naval battle 海事 hǎi shì maritime affairs / accident at sea syn 海平面 hǎi píng miàn sea level syn 外海 wài hǎi offshore / open sea 遍体鳞伤 遍體鱗傷 biàn tǐ lín shāng covered all over with cuts and bruises / beaten black and blue / be a mass of bruises syn 黑匣子 hēi xiá zi (airplane) black box syn 海难 海難 hǎi nàn perils of the sea syn 南海 nán hǎi South China Sea 五彩 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored syn 水仙 shuǐ xiān narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return 海运 海運 hǎi yùn shipping by sea 波罗的海 波羅的海 bō luó dì hǎi Baltic Sea 里海 lǐ hǎi Caspian Sea 滨海 濱海 bīn hǎi coastal / bordering the sea 海螺 hǎi luó sea snail / whelk / conch 瞒天过海 瞞天過海 mán tiān guò hǎi to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) / to achieve one's aim by underhanded means syn 莨菪 làng dàng black henbane 海参 海參 hǎi shēn sea cucumber syn 石墨 shí mò black lead / graphite / plumbago 深浅 深淺 shēn qiǎn deep or shallow / depth (of the sea) / limits of decorum syn 海陆空 海陸空 hǎi lù kòng sea land air (transport, or military operations) 青鱼 青魚 qīng yú black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) / herring / mackerel syn 海葵 hǎi kuí sea anemone 海产 海產 hǎi chǎn marine / produced in sea syn 对比度 對比度 duì bǐ dù contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast 黑色素 hēi sè sù black pigment / melanin 草果 cǎo guǒ black cardamom / (dialect) strawberry syn 单色 單色 dān sè monochrome / monochromatic / black and white 青丝 青絲 qīng sī fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient) syn 死海 sǐ hǎi the Dead Sea 乌黑 烏黑 wū hēi jet-black / dark syn 银狐 銀狐 yín hú silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus) / also written 玄狐 syn 沧海桑田 滄海桑田 cāng hǎi sāng tián lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) / fig. the transformations of the world syn 日本海 rì běn hǎi Sea of Japan 水陆 水陸 shuǐ lù water and land / by water and land (transport) / amphibian / delicacies from land and sea syn 乌纱帽 烏紗帽 wū shā mào black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position) / (fig.) official post syn 