航海 meaning in English

hánghǎi

to sail the seas; maritime navigation

HSK 7-9verb20 strokes

Meaning of 航海

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hánghǎi
  1. to sail the seas
  2. maritime navigation
  3. voyage

航海 in example sentences

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

我wǒ经jīng常cháng在zài周zhōu末mò去qù航háng海hǎi。
I often go sailing on weekends.

Stroke order for each character

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航 háng · vessel · 10 strokes

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海 hǎi · ocean · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 航海.

大海dàhǎisea; ocean
海边hǎi biāncoast; seaside; seashore; beach
海关hǎiguāncustoms (i.e. border crossing inspection)
航班hángbān(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing
航空hángkōngaviation
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

Questions about 航海

What does 航海 mean?

航海 (hánghǎi) means "to sail the seas; maritime navigation" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 航海?

航海 is made of 2 characters: 航 (10 strokes), 海 (10 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 航海 an HSK word?

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