海 in English

Measure word

• 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested
• 片 piàn disk; sheet attested

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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

• Bronze script 西周早期
• Clerical script 東漢
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Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• 一条受伤的鲸鱼在海滩边搁浅了。

  A wounded whale washed up on the beach.

• 上海以前有许多小河浜，其中有肇家浜、洋泾浜，现在都被填了。

  There used to be a lot of small creeks in old time Shanghai, which included Zhaojia Creek and Yangjing Creek, but they're all covered up nowadays.

• 上海夏天的最高温度要到三十八九度，真快热死了！

  Shanghai summers can reach temperatures of up to 38-9 degrees. That is extremely hot!

• 上海的人口数量和东京相当。

  The population of Shanghai is as large as that of Tokyo.

• 上海被称为东方的巴黎。

  Shanghai is referred to as the Paris of the East.

• 不要以为我已经忘了你，你在我的脑海中，但我抽不出时间给你写信。

  Don't think I've forgotten you already, you've been on my mind, but I haven't been able to take the time to write to you.

• 乘船过海非常舒服。

  It is very pleasant to cross the ocean by ship.

• 从这里到海滩该怎么走？

  How do I get to the beach from here?

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