Meaning of 下海
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
xiàhǎi
- to go out to sea
- to enter the sea (to swim etc)
- (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
下海 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我要让你下海喂鲨鱼。
I'm gonna feed you to the sharks.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
下 xià · down · 3 strokes
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- 3
海 hǎi · ocean · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 下海.
| 坐下 | zuò xia | to sit down |
| 下次 | xià cì | next time |
| 下午 | xiàwǔ | afternoon; p.m. |
| 下车 | xià chē | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 楼下 | lóu xià | downstairs |
| 下班 | xiàbān | to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc) |
| 下雨 | xià yǔ | to rain |
| 下课 | xiàkè | to finish class; to get out of class |
| 下边 | xiàbian | under; the underside |
| 一下儿 | yīxiàr | erhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4] |
| 留下 | liúxia | to leave behind; to stay behind |
| 放下 | fàngxia | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside |
Questions about 下海
What does 下海 mean?
下海 (xiàhǎi) means "to go out to sea; to enter the sea (to swim etc)".
How do you write 下海?
下海 is made of 2 characters: 下 (3 strokes), 海 (10 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 下海 an HSK word?
Yes. 下海 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.