海绵 海綿 hǎi mián (zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber 盐湖城 鹽湖城 yán hú chéng Salt Lake City, capital of Utah 盐水 鹽水 yán shuǐ salt water / brine 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 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) 咸肉 鹹肉 xián ròu bacon / salt-cured meat syn 东海 東海 dōng hǎi East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) 氯化钠 氯化鈉 lǜ huà nà sodium chloride NaCl / common salt syn 盐巴 鹽巴 yán bā table salt syn 浅海 淺海 qiǎn hǎi shallow sea / sea less than 200 meters deep syn 食盐 食鹽 shí yán edible salt syn 盐湖 鹽湖 yán hú salt lake syn 碳酸盐 碳酸鹽 tàn suān yán carbonate salt (chemistry) 海王 hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player 柴米油盐 柴米油鹽 chái mǐ yóu yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities syn 无机盐 無機鹽 wú jī yán inorganic salt 咸水 鹹水 xián shuǐ salt water / brine 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) 芒硝 máng xiāo mirabilite (Na2SO4x10H2O) / Glauber's salt 盐 鹽 yán salt / CL:粒[li4] syn 腌 醃 yān to salt / to pickle / to cure (meat) / to marinate syn 卤 鹵 lǔ alkaline soil / salt / brine / halogen (chemistry) / crass / stupid 岩盐 岩鹽 yán yán rock salt syn 鹾 鹺 cuó brine / salt 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) 腌肉 醃肉 yān ròu salt pork / bacon / marinaded meat / cured meat 咸水湖 鹹水湖 xián shuǐ hú salt lake syn 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 大海 dà hǎi sea / ocean 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 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 海面 hǎi miàn the surface of the sea / ocean surface 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 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 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 公海 gōng hǎi high sea / international waters 人海 rén hǎi a multitude / a sea of people 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 海难 海難 hǎi nàn perils of the sea syn 南海 nán hǎi South China Sea 水仙 shuǐ xiān narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return 黑海 hēi hǎi Black Sea 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 海参 海參 hǎi shēn sea cucumber syn 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) 海葵 hǎi kuí sea anemone 海产 海產 hǎi chǎn marine / produced in sea syn 死海 sǐ hǎi the Dead Sea 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 黄海 黃海 huáng hǎi Yellow Sea 飒飒 颯颯 sà sà soughing / whistling or rushing sound (of the wind in trees, the sea etc) syn 临海 臨海 lín hǎi to overlook the sea / on the waterfront 通航 tōng háng connected by air, sea traffic or service 海南岛 海南島 hǎi nán dǎo Hainan Island in South China Sea 海陆 海陸 hǎi lù sea and land 石沉大海 shí chén dà hǎi lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response syn 内海 內海 nèi hǎi enclosed sea syn 试航 試航 shì háng test flight (of aircraft) / sea trial (of ship) 海阔天空 海闊天空 hǎi kuò tiān kōng wide sea and sky (idiom) / boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun syn 渤海 bó hǎi Bohai Sea, or Bo Hai, between Liaoning and Shandong / Parhae, Korean kingdom in Manchuria and Siberia 698-926 水浒 水滸 shuǐ hǔ edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore 辽东 遼東 liáo dōng Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河 东瀛 東瀛 dōng yíng (literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan syn 波涛汹涌 波濤洶涌 bō tāo xiōng yǒng waves surging forth / roaring sea syn 龙宫 龍宮 lóng gōng palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea syn 学海 學海 xué hǎi sea of learning / erudite / knowledgeable person / scholarship syn 西海 xī hǎi Yellow Sea (Korean term) 加勒比海 jiā lè bǐ hǎi Caribbean Sea 妈祖 媽祖 mā zǔ Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia 