海拔
hǎi bá
Pinyin

Definition

海拔
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hǎi bá
  1. height above sea level
  2. elevation

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上海
Shàng hǎi
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
刘海
liú hǎi
  1. 1 bangs
  2. 2 fringe (hair)
大海
dà hǎi
  1. 1 sea
  2. 2 ocean
海
Hǎi
  1. 1 surname Hai
海南
Hǎi nán
  1. 1 Hainan Province, in the South China Sea, short name 瓊|琼[Qióng], capital Haikou 海口
  2. 2 Hainan Island
  3. 3 Hainan District of Wuhai City 烏海市|乌海市[Wū hǎi Shì], Inner Mongolia
  4. 4 Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hǎi nán Zàng zú Zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
海洋
hǎi yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
海贼
hǎi zéi
  1. 1 pirate
海量
hǎi liàng
  1. 1 huge volume
海鲜
hǎi xiān
  1. 1 seafood
上海市
Shàng hǎi shì
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality in southeast China, abbr. 滬|沪
上海话
Shàng hǎi huà
  1. 1 Shanghainese
  2. 2 Shanghai dialect
下海
xià hǎi
  1. 1 to go out to sea
  2. 2 to enter the sea (to swim etc)
  3. 3 (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
中南海
Zhōng nán hǎi
  1. 1 Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
五湖四海
wǔ hú sì hǎi
  1. 1 all parts of the country
人山人海
rén shān rén hǎi
  1. 1 multitude
  2. 2 vast crowd
人海
rén hǎi
  1. 1 a multitude
  2. 2 a sea of people
什刹海
shí chà hǎi
  1. 1 Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes
出海
chū hǎi
  1. 1 to go out to sea
  2. 2 (neologism) to expand into overseas markets
出类拔萃
chū lèi bá cuì
  1. 1 to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
  2. 2 preeminent
  3. 3 outstanding
加勒比海
Jiā lè bǐ Hǎi
  1. 1 Caribbean Sea

Idioms (20)

一毛不拔
yī máo bù bá
  1. 1 stingy (idiom)
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
侯门似海
hóu mén sì hǎi
  1. 1 lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea
  2. 2 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
八仙过海，各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
  1. 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
出类拔萃
chū lèi bá cuì
  1. 1 to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
  2. 2 preeminent
  3. 3 outstanding
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
剑拔弩张
jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
  1. 1 lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility
  2. 2 at daggers drawn
名扬四海
míng yáng sì hǎi
  1. 1 to become known far and wide (idiom)
  2. 2 famous
吹灯拔蜡
chuī dēng bá là
  1. 1 lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to bite the dust
  4. 4 to be over and done with
四海升平
sì hǎi shēng píng
  1. 1 lit. all four oceans are peaceful
  2. 2 worldwide peace (idiom)
四海为家
sì hǎi wéi jiā
  1. 1 to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom)
  2. 2 to feel at home anywhere
  3. 3 to roam about unconstrained
  4. 4 to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
四海皆准
sì hǎi jiē zhǔn
  1. 1 appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable
  2. 2 a panacea
四海飘零
sì hǎi piāo líng
  1. 1 drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
坚韧不拔
jiān rèn bù bá
  1. 1 firm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding
大海捞针
dà hǎi lāo zhēn
  1. 1 lit. to fish a needle from the sea
  2. 2 to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
学海泛舟
xué hǎi fàn zhōu
  1. 1 sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)
学海无涯
xué hǎi wú yá
  1. 1 sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn
  2. 2 ars longa, vita brevis
山珍海错
shān zhēn hǎi cuò
  1. 1 rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom); fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies
山盟海誓
shān méng hǎi shì
  1. 1 to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love
  2. 2 to swear by all the Gods
山高海深
shān gāo hǎi shēn
  1. 1 high as the mountain and deep as the sea (idiom); fig. infinite bounty

Sample Sentences

哇，布达拉宫、唐古拉山、纳木错…都是我垂涎了很久的地方，无奈身体不好，不敢去海拔那么高的地方。
wā ，Bùdálāgōng 、Tánggǔlāshān 、Nàmùcuò …dōu shì wǒ chuíxián le hěn jiǔ de dìfang ，wúnài shēntǐ bùhǎo ，bù gǎn qù hǎibá nàme gāo de dìfang 。
Wow, the Potala Palace, Tanggula Mountain, Namtso…are all places I have been coveting for a long time, but I’m afraid to go to high altitude places due to my poor health.
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啊呀，反正三和四都差不多。你再听我说，中国是个多山的国家。青藏高原是世界上海拔最高的高原，平均海拔在8000米以上。
āyā ，fǎnzhèng sān hé sì dōu chà bu duō 。nǐ zài tīng wǒ shuō ，Zhōngguó shì ge duō shān de guójiā 。Qīngzàng gāoyuán shì shìjiè shàng hǎibá zuìgāo de gāoyuán ，píngjūn hǎibá zài bāqiān mǐ yǐshàng 。
Oh my, well anyways, three or four, it's more or less the same. Listen, I'll tell you more: China is a mountainous country. The Tibetan plateau is the plateau with the highest elevation in the world, with an average elevation of more than 8,000 meters.
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什么？你听听，又错了。那是珠穆朗玛峰！去年国家重新测量了珠峰的高度，是8800多米。而青藏高原的平均海拔是4000米。
shénme ？nǐ tīngting ，yòu cuò le 。nà shì Zhūmùlǎngmǎ fēng ！qùnián guójiā chóngxīn cèliáng le Zhū fēng de gāodù ，shì bāqiān bābǎi duō mǐ 。ér Qīngzàng gāoyuán de píngjūn hǎibá shì sīqiān mǐ 。
What? Listen, you're wrong again. That is Mount Everest! Last year the government measured the altitude of Mount Everest again--it's over 8,800 meters. Furthermore, the average elevation of the Tibetan plateau is 4,000 meters.
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