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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 下海

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
下海 xià hǎi - 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)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 9 21,682 19,574 22,379

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xià- down
- downwards
- below
- lower
- later
- next (week etc)
- second (of two parts)
- to decline
- to go down
- to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
- measure word to show the frequency of an action
hǎi- surname Hai
hǎi- ocean
- sea
- CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]
- great number of people or things
- (dialect) numerous

Other Words Containing 下海

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
下海 - 9 21,682 19,574 22,379