The Chinese word for bay is
海湾
hǎi wānChinese Definition
bay | |
1. 海湾,赤褐色的,湾 | |
2. 由海或湖泊深入岸邊所形成的開放而彎曲的凹處。 | |
Components | |
海 | |
1. sea; ocean | |
好 想 去 看 海。 - I really want to go and look at the sea. | |
2. big lake | |
^洱海 - Er Lake | |
3. (Cantonese) wide river | |
4. (of containers, amount, etc.) big; large | |
海碗 - extra large bowl | |
海量 - huge amount | |
海 投 - to send résumés to many companies; to use shotgun approach in job hunting | |
海 扁 - to beat someone tremendously | |
5. overseas; abroad | |
海棗 - date palm | |
6. (figurative) sea; abundance; infiniteness | |
人海 - huge crowd | |
火海 - sea of flames | |
7. (dialectal, colloquial) profuse; numerous | |
8. (dialectal, colloquial) unrestrainedly; randomly; casually | |
9. . Hai (mainland China, Taiwan), Hoi (Hong Kong) | |
^海 ^瑞 - Hai Rui (Chinese scholar-official of the Ming dynasty) | |
湾 | |
1. Simplified form of 灣 |
Translations for 湾 and their definitions
海灣 | |
1. n. (geography) bay; gulf |
海湾 | |
1. Simplified form of 海灣 |
灣 | |
1. (geography) bend in a river | |
2. (geography) bay; gulf | |
3. (regional, nautical) to berth; to anchor; to moor | |
4. usage. In Min Nan, the character 灣 is usually read as oan (e.g. in 臺員. |
湾 | |
1. Simplified form of 灣 |
灣區 | |
1. n. bay area | |
^港 ^珠 ^澳 ^大 ^灣區 - Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area |
月桂 | |
1. n. bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) | |
2. n. (literary, Chinese mythology) sweet osmanthus on the Moon | |
3. n. (literary, figurative) the Moon; moonlight | |
4. n. (literary, figurative, historical) passing the imperial examination and winning a title |
湾区 | |
1. Simplified form of 灣區 |
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