下海 xià hǎi — to go out to sea

Meanings

1. 1

   to go out to sea

   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)

   verb

Character breakdown

• 下

  xià (fourth tone, falling)

  below, under, lower; to go down, to get off; to fall (of rain or snow); next (下个月)

  3 strokesRadical 一
• 海

  hǎi (third tone, dipping)

  sea, ocean; a great quantity of something

  10 strokes⿰氵每Radical 水

Words containing 下

• 下xià (fourth tone, falling)under, below, beneath
• 一下yíxià (second tone, rising)a bit, for a moment (softening a request)
• 下来/下來xià (fourth tone, falling) lai (neutral tone)to come down
• 下去xià (fourth tone, falling) qù (fourth tone, falling)to go down
• 下午xiàwǔ (fourth tone, falling)afternoon
• 停下tíng (second tone, rising) xià (fourth tone, falling)to stop
• 留下liú (second tone, rising) xià (fourth tone, falling)to leave behind
• 下面xià (fourth tone, falling) miàn (fourth tone, falling)below
• 剩下shèng (fourth tone, falling) xià (fourth tone, falling)to remain; to be left over
• 以下yǐ (third tone, dipping) xià (fourth tone, falling)that level or lower
• 放下fàng (fourth tone, falling) xià (fourth tone, falling)to lay down
• 下次xià (fourth tone, falling) cì (fourth tone, falling)next time
• 下降xià (fourth tone, falling) jiàng (fourth tone, falling)to decline
• 下雨xià (fourth tone, falling) yǔ (third tone, dipping)to rain
• 之下zhī (first tone, high and level) xià (fourth tone, falling)under
• 地下dì (fourth tone, falling) xià (fourth tone, falling)underground
• 接下来/接下來jiē (first tone, high and level) xià (fourth tone, falling) lái (second tone, rising)to accept
• 下班xià (fourth tone, falling) bān (first tone, high and level)to finish work

Words containing 海

• 海hǎi (third tone, dipping)ocean
• 海军/海軍hǎi (third tone, dipping) jūn (first tone, high and level)navy
• 海洋hǎi (third tone, dipping) yáng (second tone, rising)ocean
• 大海dà (fourth tone, falling) hǎi (third tone, dipping)sea
• 海岸hǎi (third tone, dipping) àn (fourth tone, falling)coastal
• 脑海/腦海nǎo (third tone, dipping) hǎi (third tone, dipping)the mind
• 海滩/海灘hǎi (third tone, dipping) tān (first tone, high and level)beach
• 海盗/海盜hǎi (third tone, dipping) dào (fourth tone, falling)pirate
• 海报/海報hǎi (third tone, dipping) bào (fourth tone, falling)poster
• 海边/海邊hǎi (third tone, dipping) biān (first tone, high and level)coast
• 海底hǎi (third tone, dipping) dǐ (third tone, dipping)seabed
• 海关/海關hǎi (third tone, dipping) guān (first tone, high and level)customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)
• 海外hǎi (third tone, dipping) wài (fourth tone, falling)overseas
• 海水hǎi (third tone, dipping) shuǐ (third tone, dipping)seawater
• 海鲜/海鮮hǎi (third tone, dipping) xiān (first tone, high and level)seafood
• 海湾/海灣hǎi (third tone, dipping) wān (first tone, high and level)bay
• 海滨/海濱hǎi (third tone, dipping) bīn (first tone, high and level)shore
• 海绵/海綿hǎi (third tone, dipping) mián (second tone, rising)sponge (zoology)