海峡 meaning in English

hǎixiá

strait; channel

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 海峽19 strokes

Meaning of 海峡

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hǎixiá
  1. strait; channel

海峡 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè个ge海hǎi峡xiá对duì游yóu艇tǐng来lái说shuō太tài窄zhǎi了le。
The straits were too narrow for the cruise ship.
他tā是shì游yóu过guò英yīng吉jí利lì海hǎi峡xiá的de唯wéi一yī一yí个gè美měi国guó人rén。
He is the only American who has swum the English Channel.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

海 hǎi · ocean · 10 strokes

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峡 xiá · gorge · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 海峡.

大海dàhǎisea; ocean
海边hǎi biāncoast; seaside; seashore; beach
海关hǎiguāncustoms (i.e. border crossing inspection)
海水hǎishuǐseawater
海鲜hǎixiānseafood
海洋hǎiyángocean
海军hǎijūnnavy
海底hǎidǐseabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean
海外hǎiwàioverseas; abroad
海报hǎibàoposter; playbill
海湾hǎiwānbay; gulf
海浪hǎilàngsea wave

Questions about 海峡

What does 海峡 mean?

海峡 (hǎixiá) means "strait; channel" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 海峡?

海峡 is made of 2 characters: 海 (10 strokes), 峡 (9 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 海峡 an HSK word?

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

How is 海峡 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 海峡 is written 海峽.