HSK 6 · Places

海拔 hǎibá “height above sea level” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 海拔 means

  1. height above sea level
  2. altitude
  3. elevation

How to say 海拔

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale海hǎi3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale拔bá2nd tone, rising

海拔 in a sentence

  1. 珠穆朗玛峰的海拔有多高？

    Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng de hǎibá yǒu duō gāo?

    How high is Mount Everest?

    Sentence #8593085 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 海拔 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 海 (hǎi) with each of its parts in a different colour
海hǎiocean
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 每each · měiSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 每 (měi) hints at the sound. Compare it with hǎi.

The character 拔 (bá) with each of its parts in a different colour
拔báto pull up
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 犮to pull up · báSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 犮 (bá) hints at the sound. Compare it with bá.

How to write 海拔

海 10 strokes · 拔 8 strokes

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海拔 (hǎibá) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 海拔 (hǎibá). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 海拔

Words with 海

海hǎi · sea海洋hǎiyáng · ocean海鲜hǎixiān · seafood海关hǎiguān · customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)海滨hǎibīn · seaside沿海yánhǎi · coastal

Words with 拔

选拔xuǎnbá · to select (the best)挺拔tǐngbá · tall and straight提拔tíbá · to promote (to a higher post)拔苗助长bámiáozhùzhǎng · to spoil things through haste (lit. pull shoots to help growth)

More words: Places & Geography

港湾gǎngwān · harbour跟前gēnqián · in front of宫殿gōngdiàn · palace故乡gùxiāng · hometown海滨hǎibīn · seaside角落jiǎoluò · corner基地jīdì · base (of operations)籍贯jíguàn · ancestral home

FAQs

海拔 (hǎibá) means “height above sea level” or “altitude”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it hǎibá: hǎi with a 3rd tone, then bá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 海拔 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type haiba with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 海拔 from the suggestions. Typing haiba into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
海拔 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.