海 hǎi
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noun
the sea; a sea; the ocean
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
Notes: For example, 黄海 'Yellow Sea' (ABC 'hǎi' n 1; Guoyu '海' n 1; Kroll 2015 '海' 1; NCCED '海' 1; Wikipedia '海' 1) -
adjective
foreign
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '海' 2) -
noun
a large lake
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 大湖; for example, 青海 'Lake Qinghai' (ABC 'hǎi' n 2; Guoyu '海' n 3; Kroll 2015 '海' 2; NCCED '海' 4) -
noun
a large mass
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: Comparing a large mass of people or objects as an analogy to the sea; for example, 人海 'a sea of people' (ABC 'hǎi' bf 1; Guoyu '海' n 4; Kroll 2015 '海' 3; NCCED '海' 5) -
adjective
having large capacity
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (ABC 'hǎi' bf 2; Guoyu '海' adj; NCCED '海' 6) -
proper noun
Hai
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (ABC 'hǎi' N) -
noun
seawater
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 海水 (Guoyu '海' n 2) -
noun
a field; an area
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 领域; for example, 苦海无边 'a limitless sea of suffering' (Guoyu '海' n 5) -
noun
a large and barron area of land
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 荒远之地 (Guoyu '海' n 6) -
noun
a large container
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '海' n 7) -
adverb
arbitrarily
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 任意的 (Guoyu '海' adv 1) -
adverb
ruthlessly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 狠狠的 (Guoyu '海' adv 2) -
noun
sea; sāgara
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: sāgara, Japanese: kai, Tibetan: mtsho (BCSD '海', p. 725; DJBT '海', p. 427; Mahāvyutpatti 'saraḥ'; MW 'sāgara'; SH '海', p. 327)
Contained in
- 譬如大海中船卒破 for example, when a ship is wrecked at sea
- 心海明月 A Heart Like the Ocean and Bright Moon
- 摄无碍大悲心大陀罗尼经计一法中出无量义南方满愿补陀落海会五部诸尊等弘誓力方位及威仪形色执持三摩耶幖帜曼荼罗仪轨(攝無礙大悲心大陀羅尼經計一法中出無量義南方滿願補陀落海會五部諸尊等弘誓力方位及威儀形色執持三摩耶幖幟曼荼羅儀軌) Ritual Manual for Overcoming Hindrances with the Great Compassion Dharani Sutra, the Significance of the Complete Vows of the South, the Majestic Presence of the Deities of the Potalaka Assembly and Five Divisions, Samaya, Symbols, and Mandala
- 仁海 Ninkai
- 海会众(海會眾) Great Assembly
- 佛知如海 omniscience of the Buddha
- 泥牛入海 a clay ox enters the sea; to disappear with no hope of returning ; a mud ox into the sea
- 如须弥宝海(如須彌寶海) like an ocean of jewels as large as Mount Sumeru
- 山海慧自在通王 Sagaravaradharabuddhivikriditabhigna
- 威德福海 (威德慈心) awe-inspiring virtue and ocean of prosperity
- 当知是中去海尚远(當知是中去海尚遠) he knows that the great ocean is still far away
- 佛说海意菩萨所问净印法门经(佛說海意菩薩所問淨印法門經) sāgaramatiparipṛcchāsūtra (Haiyi Pusa Suo Wen Jing Yin Famen Jing)
- 上海佛教协会(上海佛教協會) Shanghai Buddhist Association
Also contained in
巽他海峡 、 辽海 、 波斯普鲁斯海峡 、 海城市 、 玉带海雕 、 上海合作组织 、 象海豹 、 海水 、 唐海 、 江海同归 、 山盟海誓 、 四海皆准 、 海拔 、 溟海 、 兴海县 、 五湖四海 、 阿尔茨海默氏症 、 黑叉尾海燕 、 海珠区 、 浅海 、 海堤 、 海警 、 海砂屋 、 瑶海区 、 加勒比海 、 海鲤 、 夸下海口 、 学海泛舟 、 汪洋大海 、 拔海 、 虎头海雕 、 桑海 、 黄海南道 、 宽吻海豚 、 海洋学 、 中央海岭 、 海阔天空 、 港海豹
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Summary Catalog of Esoteric Mantras from Numerous Teachers 諸阿闍梨真言密教部類總錄 — count: 128
- Scroll 12 Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Shu 大方廣佛華嚴經疏 — count: 120
- Scroll 1 Fajie Tu Ji Cong Sui Lu 法界圖記叢髓錄 — count: 120
- Scroll 3 Exploring the Mysteries of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Huayan Jing Tan Xuan Ji) 華嚴經探玄記 — count: 110
- Scroll 25 Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Sui Shu Yan Yi Chao 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 — count: 100
- Scroll 71 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 83 , has English translation
- Scroll 53 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 78
- Scroll 11 Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Shu 大方廣佛華嚴經疏 — count: 75
- Scroll 7 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 74 , has English translation
- Scroll 2 Summary Catalog of Esoteric Mantras from Numerous Teachers 諸阿闍梨真言密教部類總錄 — count: 69
Collocations
- 海中 (海中) 於海中放彼鷹飛空東西南北 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 35
- 入海 (入海) 又說入海採寶之事 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 17
- 巨海 (巨海) 譬彼巨海 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
- 海中有 (海中有) 一者海中有大魚 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 5 — count: 7
- 在海 (在海) 皆在海中 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 9 — count: 7
- 海天 (海天) 名曰海天 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 10 — count: 6
- 四大海 (四大海) 及四大海 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 6
- 海天王 (海天王) 彼海天王 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 10 — count: 6
- 山海 (山海) 山海百草木 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
- 至大海 (至大海) 下至大海 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 3 — count: 4