HSK 4 · Nature

海洋 hǎiyáng “ocean” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 海洋 means

  1. ocean

How to say 海洋

  • 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洋yáng2nd tone, rising

海洋 in a sentence

  1. 太平洋是世界上最大的海洋。

    Tàipíngyáng shì shìjiè shàng zuì dà de hǎiyáng.

    The Pacific is the largest ocean in the world.

    Sentence #668895 from Tatoeba

  2. 废水经常污染海洋。

    Fèishuǐ jīngcháng wūrǎn hǎiyáng.

    Waste water often pollutes the ocean.

    Sentence #844135 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 海洋底部有沙子。

    Hǎiyáng dǐbù yǒu shāzi.

    There’s sand on the ocean floor.

    Sentence #1291438 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 海洋 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 洋 (yáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
洋yángocean
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 羊sheep · yángSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 羊 (yáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yáng.

How to write 海洋

海 10 strokes · 洋 9 strokes

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

Words related to 海洋

Words with 海

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FAQs

海洋 (hǎiyáng) means “ocean”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it hǎiyáng: hǎi with a 3rd tone, then yáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 海洋 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type haiyang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 海洋 from the suggestions. Typing haiyang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
海洋 is an HSK 4 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.