The Chinese word for headland is
海岬
hǎi jiǎChinese Definition
headland | |
1. 向水中突出的陆地 | |
2. 畦头未耕的一条地 | |
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) | |
岬 | |
1. side of a mountain | |
2. (geography) cape | |
Synonyms: 角, 海角 |
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