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Trad. 海歸
- sb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience (a pun on 海龜|海龟[hai3 gui1])
- to return to China after a period of study or work overseas
- Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口)
- hypo (loanword)
- sodium thiosulfate Na2S2O3 used in fixing photos (formerly hyposulfite)
- wave (sea)
- lit. sea of bitterness
- abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term)
- depths of misery
Trad. 藍海
- (neologism) an unexplored, as yet uncontested market (contrasted with 紅海|红海[hong2 hai3])
- (polite expression) to be magnanimous enough to forgive or tolerate (one's errors or shortcomings)
- Menghai county in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture 西雙版納傣族自治州|西双版纳傣族自治州[Xi1 shuang1 ban3 na4 Dai3 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
Trad. 辭海
- Cihai, encyclopedic dictionary of Chinese first published in 1936
Trad. 興海
- Xinghai county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
Trad. 東海
- East China Sea
- East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
Trad. 鴻海
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company, aka Foxconn
Trad. 趕海
- (dialect) to gather seafood at the beach while the tide is out; to comb the beach for shellfish, crabs or other marine life
- Poseidon, Greek god of the sea
- Neptune, Roman god of the sea
- Aquaman, DC comic book superhero
- (slang) womanizer
- player
- North Sea (in Europe)
- historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal 貝加爾湖|贝加尔湖[Bei4 jia1 er3 Hu2], Russia
Trad. 鎮海
- Zhenhai district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang
- Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake 白蛇傳|白蛇传[Bai2 she2 Zhuan4]
Trad. 內海
- inland sea (e.g. Mediterranean)
- internal sea (wholly within the territory of one country – e.g. Bohai Sea)
- Haiduan or Haituan township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
Trad. 海綿
- (zoology) sea sponge
- (esp.) dried sea sponge
- sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc)
- foam rubber
Trad. 紅海
- (neologism) highly competitive market (contrasted with 藍海|蓝海[lan2 hai3])
Trad. 海選
- (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.)
- (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers
- (in the entertainment industry) open audition
- see 海南省[Hai3 nan2 Sheng3]
- see 海南島|海南岛[Hai3 nan2 Dao3]
- see 海南區|海南区[Hai3 nan2 Qu1]
- see 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
- Dinghai district of Zhoushan city 舟山市[Zhou1 shan1 shi4], Zhejiang
- Qing dynasty name of 舟山市
Trad. 海頓
- Haydn (name)
- Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Austrian classical composer
Trad. 海馬
- (zoology) sea horse
- (anatomy) hippocampus (abbr. for 海馬體|海马体[hai3 ma3 ti3])
- 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)
- Haidai, historical region extending from the Bohai Sea to Mt Tai in Shandong