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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 北海

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
北海 běi hǎi - North Sea (in Europe)
- historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal 貝加爾湖|贝加尔湖[Bei4jia1er3 Hu2], Russia
北海 běi hǎi - see 北海公園|北海公园[Bei3hai3 Gong1yuan2]
- see 北海市[Bei3hai3 Shi4]

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
- - 30,487 12,912 12,785

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
běi- north
- (classical) to be defeated
hǎi- surname Hai
hǎi- ocean
- sea
- CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]
- great number of people or things
- (dialect) numerous

Other Words Containing 北海

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
北海道 - - 25,862 24,960 13,204
北海 - - 30,487 12,912 12,785