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The Chinese word for bay is
海湾

hǎi wān



bay

Chinese 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
     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)
     1. Simplified form of 灣



Translations for and their definitions

海灣
     1. n. (geography) bay; gulf


海湾
     1. Simplified form of 海灣


     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.


     1. Simplified form of 灣


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



灣區
     1. n. bay area
           ^港 ^珠 ^澳 ^大 ^灣區 - Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area


湾区
     1. Simplified form of 灣區



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