海南
Hǎi nán
Pinyin

Definition

海南
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Hǎi nán
  1. Hainan Province, in the South China Sea, short name 瓊|琼[Qióng], capital Haikou 海口
  2. Hainan Island
  3. Hainan District of Wuhai City 烏海市|乌海市[Wū hǎi Shì], Inner Mongolia
  4. Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hǎi nán Zàng zú Zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

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)
南
Nán
  1. 1 surname Nan
南京
Nán jīng
  1. 1 Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏
  2. 2 capital of China at different historical periods
南方
nán fāng
  1. 1 south
  2. 2 the southern part of the country
  3. 3 the South
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
海选
hǎi xuǎn
  1. 1 direct, winner-takes-all system of election in use for village committees
  2. 2 preselection for a competition
海量
hǎi liàng
  1. 1 huge volume
海鲜
hǎi xiān
  1. 1 seafood
湖南
Hú nán
  1. 1 Hunan province in south central China, abbr. 湘, capital Changsha 長沙|长沙[Cháng shā]
越南
Yuè nán
  1. 1 Vietnam
  2. 2 Vietnamese
云南
Yún nán
  1. 1 Yunnan province in southwest China, bordering on Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, abbr. 滇[diān] or 雲|云, capital Kunming 昆明
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
Zhōng Nán
  1. 1 South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan)
  2. 2 abbr. for China-South Africa

Idioms (20)

一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
不撞南墙不回头
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
  1. 1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (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
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南箕北斗
nán jī běi dǒu
  1. 1 the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
南辕北辙
nán yuán běi zhé
  1. 1 to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
名扬四海
míng yáng sì hǎi
  1. 1 to become known far and wide (idiom)
  2. 2 famous
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)
寿比南山
shòu bǐ Nán Shān
  1. 1 Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)
  2. 2 Long may you live!
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
  1. 1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) all over China
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)

Sample Sentences

海南
Hǎinán
Hainan
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海南的冬天冷吗？
Hǎinán de dōngtiān lěng ma ？
Are the winters cold in Hai Nan?
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是上海南站。
shì Shànghǎi Nánzhàn 。
It’s Shanghai South Station.
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本次列车终点站上海南站。
běn cì lièchē zhōngdiǎn zhàn Shànghǎi Nánzhàn 。
This train's terminal stop is the South Shanghai Station.
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我要去海南旅行了。我要去海南旅行了。
wǒ yào qù Hǎinán lǚxíng le 。wǒ yào qù Hǎinán lǚxíng le 。
I'm going traveling in Hainan! I'm going traveling in Hainan!
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来海南一定要吃海鲜。
lái Hǎinán yīdìng yào chī hǎixiān 。
When you come to Hainan you definitely have to eat seafood.
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肯定也很地道。你有没有吃海南鸡饭？
kěndìng yě hěn dìdào 。nǐ yǒuméiyǒu chī hǎinánjīfàn ？
It also must be really authentic. Did you eat Hainan Chicken Rice?
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五个，除了深圳以外，还有珠海、厦门、汕头和海南。
wǔ ge ，chúle Shēnzhèn yǐwài ，hái yǒu Zhūhǎi 、Xiàmén 、Shàntóu hé Hǎinán 。
There are five. Besides Shenzhen, there is Zhuhai, Xiamen, Shantou, and Hainan.
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欢迎乘坐上海轨道交通三号线，本线起点上海南站，终点江湾镇。
huānyíng chéngzuò Shànghǎi guǐdàojiāotōng sān hào xiàn ，běn xiàn qǐdiǎn Shànghǎi Nánzhàn ，zhōngdiǎn Jiāngwānzhèn 。
Welcome to Shanghai Metro Light Rail System, Line Three. This line starts at the South Shanghai Railway Station. It terminates at Jiangwan Town.
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