海
啸

Tsunami in Chinese: 海啸 (hǎi xiào)

hǎi xiào

tsunami

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 海嘯1 example sentence

Definitions

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Stroke order

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海
啸

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄞˇ

hǎi

ㄏ/ hㄞ/ aiˇ/ third tone

ㄒㄧㄠˋ

xiào

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

海啸

Simplified

海嘯

Traditional

Example sentences

See 海啸 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 那场海啸给沿岸带来巨大损失。

    nà chǎng hǎi xiào gěi yán àn dài lái jù dà sǔn shī。

    That tsunami brought enormous losses to the coast.

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Related words

海

hǎi

ocean

海洋

hǎi yáng

ocean

海关

hǎi guān

customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)

海鲜

hǎi xiān

seafood

大海

dà hǎi

sea

海边

hǎi biān

coast

海水

hǎi shuǐ

seawater

海报

hǎi bào

poster

海底

hǎi dǐ

seabed

海军

hǎi jūn

navy

海浪

hǎi làng

sea wave

海外

hǎi wài

overseas

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