海啸 meaning in English

hǎixiào

tsunami

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 海嘯21 strokes

Meaning of 海啸

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hǎixiào

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海hǎi啸xiào席xí卷juǎn稻dào田tián, 淹yān没mò了le城chéng镇zhèn。

Tsunamis swept through rice fields and flooded the towns.

菲fēi律lǜ宾bīn去qù年nián地dì震zhèn和hé海hǎi啸xiào造zào成chéng了le超chāo过guò6000人rén的de死sǐ亡wáng。

Last year in the Philippines, earthquakes and tidal waves resulted in the deaths of more than 6,000 people.

海hǎi啸xiào来lái了le，密mì切qiè注zhù意yì啊a。

A tsunami is coming, so please be on the alert.

海hǎi啸xiào袭xí击jī日rì本běn。

Tsunami hit Japan.

日rì本běn发fā生shēng规guī模mó8.9的de强qiáng烈liè地dì震zhèn，引yǐn发fā强qiáng大dà海hǎi啸xiào。

An earthquake, 8.9 on the Richter scale, hits Japan and causes a massive tsunami.

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Words that share a character with 海啸.

大海	dàhǎi	sea; ocean
海边	hǎi biān	coast; seaside; seashore; beach
海关	hǎiguān	customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)
海水	hǎishuǐ	seawater
海鲜	hǎixiān	seafood
海洋	hǎiyáng	ocean
海军	hǎijūn	navy
海底	hǎidǐ	seabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean
海外	hǎiwài	overseas; abroad
海报	hǎibào	poster; playbill
海湾	hǎiwān	bay; gulf
海浪	hǎilàng	sea wave

What does 海啸 mean?

海啸 (hǎixiào) means "tsunami" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 海啸?

海啸 is made of 2 characters: 海 (10 strokes), 啸 (11 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 海啸 an HSK word?

Yes. 海啸 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 海啸 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 海啸 is written 海嘯.