Simplified ![]() | Traditional | Pinyin ![]() | English | French |
| 海参 | 海參 | hǎi shēn | sea cucumber | cocombre de mer |
| 下海 | 下海 | xià hǎi | to go to sea ; fig. to leave secure job (iron rice-bowl 鐵飯碗|铁饭碗) for sth better but more risky | se lancer dans les affaires; |
| 业海 | 業海 | yè hǎi | sea of evil ; endless crime | |
| 东中国海 | 東中國海 | dōng zhōng guó hǎi | East China sea | |
| 东仓里 | 東倉里 | dōng cāng lǐ | Dongchang-ni, North Korean missile launch site on Yellow Sea, 70 km from Chinese border | |
| 东海 | 東海 | dōng hǎi | East China sea | |
| 东海舰队 | 東海艦隊 | dōng hǎi jiàn duì | East Sea Fleet | |
| 临海 | 臨海 | lín hǎi | to overlook the sea ; on the waterfront | |
| 亚得里亚海 | 亞得里亞海 | yà dé lǐ yà hǎi | Adriatic Sea | mer adriatique |
| 亚速海 | 亞速海 | yà sù hǎi | Sea of Azov in southern Russia | |
| 人不可貌相,海水不可斗量 | 人不可貌相,海水不可斗量 | rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liàng | You can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot. (idiom) | |
| 人海 | 人海 | rén hǎi | a multitude ; a sea of people | multitude; mer de personnes |
| 侯门似海 | 侯門似海 | hóu mén sì hǎi | lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea ; there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom) | |
| 先河 | 先河 | xiān hé | priority ; sth advocated first ; refers to ancient tradition: Worship the river first, then the sea. | |
| 克基拉岛 | 克基拉島 | kè jī lā dǎo | Corfu (Greek: Kerkira), island in the Ionian sea | |
| 公海 | 公海 | gōng hǎi | high sea ; international waters | haute mer ; eaux internationales |
| 内陆河 | 內陸河 | nèi lù hé | inland river ; river draining to inland sea | |
| 凯法劳尼亚 | 凱法勞尼亞 | kǎi fǎ láo ní yà | Kefalonia, Greek Island in the Ionian sea | |
| 出海 | 出海 | chū hǎi | to go out to sea | prendre la mer; gagner le large; |
| 刘公岛 | 劉公島 | liú gōng dǎo | Liugong island in the Yellow sea | |
| 加勒比海 | 加勒比海 | jiā lè bǐ hǎi | Caribbean Sea | mer des Caraïbes |
| 加里肋亚海 | 加里肋亞海 | jiā lǐ lèi yà hǎi | Sea of Galilee (Palestine) | Mer de Galilée (Palestine) |
| 勃海 | 勃海 | bó hǎi | Han dynasty province around the Bohai sea ; renamed 渤海 after the Han | |
| 北海 | 北海 | běi hǎi | Beihai, park in Beijing to the Northwest the Forbidden City ; the North Sea (Europe) ; Beihai prefecture level city and seaport in Guangxi ; Bohai Sea ; Lake Baikal | Beihai (ville côtière dans le Guangxi); |
| 北海舰队 | 北海艦隊 | běi hǎi jiàn duì | North Sea Fleet | |
| 南海 | 南海 | nán hǎi | South China Sea | Mer de Chine du sud |
| 南海舰队 | 南海艦隊 | nán hǎi jiàn duì | South Sea Fleet | |
| 卡利卡特 | 卡利卡特 | kǎ lì kǎ tè | Calicut, town on Arabian sea in Kerala, India | |
| 吉达 | 吉達 | jí dá | Jeddah (Saudi city, on Red Sea) | |
| 咸海 | 鹹海 | xián hǎi | Aral Sea | |
| 地中海 | 地中海 | dì zhōng hǎi | Mediterranean sea | mer Méditerranée; |
| 埃拉特 | 埃拉特 | āi lā tè | Eilat, Israeli port and resort on the Red sea | |
| 外海 | 外海 | wài hǎi | offshore ; open sea | |
| 大海 | 大海 | dà hǎi | sea ; ocean | pleine mer; océan; |
| 大海捞针 | 大海撈針 | dà hǎi lāo zhēn | lit. to fish a needle from the sea ; to find a needle in a haystack (idiom) | repêcher une aiguille dans la mer ; chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin |
| 天桥立 | 天橋立 | tiān qiáo lì | Ama-no-hashidate in north of Kyōto prefecture 京都府 on the Sea of Japan | |
| 妈祖 | 媽祖 | mā zǔ | Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia | |
| 学海 | 學海 | xué hǎi | sea of learning ; erudite ; knowledgeable person ; scholarship | |
| 学海无涯 | 學海無涯 | xué hǎi wú yá | sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn ; ars longa, vita brevis | |
| 学海泛舟 | 學海泛舟 | xué hǎi fàn zhōu | sailing on the sea of learning (idiom) | |
| 孽海花 | 孽海花 | niè hǎi huā | Flower in the sea of evil, late Qing novel of denunciation by Jin Tianhe 金天翮 | |
| 安达曼海 | 安達曼海 | ān dá màn hǎi | the Andaman sea | |
| 宦海风波 | 宦海風波 | huàn hǎi fēng bō | lit. raging sea of bureaucracy ; officials causing a big fuss | |
| 尼厄丽德 | 尼厄麗德 | ní è lì dé | Nereids (Greek sea nymphs, fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris) ; Nereid, moon of Neptune | |
| 山海经 | 山海經 | shān hǎi jīng | Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc | |
| 山珍海错 | 山珍海錯 | shān zhēn hǎi cuò | rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom); fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies | |
| 山高海深 | 山高海深 | shān gāo hǎi shēn | high as the mountain and deep as the sea (idiom); fig. infinite bounty | |
| 左右两难 | 左右兩難 | zuǒ yòu liǎng nán | dilemma ; quandary ; Scylla and Charybdis ; between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom) | |
| 巴伦支海 | 巴倫支海 | bā lún zhī hǎi | Barents Sea | |
| 帝汶海 | 帝汶海 | dì wèn hǎi | Timor Sea | |
| 座生水母 | 座生水母 | zuò shēng shuǐ mǔ | sessile medusa ; sea anemone | |
| 恨海难填 | 恨海難填 | hèn hǎi nán tián | sea of hatred is hard to fill (idiom); irreconcilable division | |
| 打捞 | 打撈 | dǎ lāo | to salvage ; to dredge ; to fish out (person or object from the sea) | tirer hors de l'eau; repêcher; relever; renflouer; |
| 拔海 | 拔海 | bá hǎi | elevation (above sea level) | altitude; |
| 救捞局 | 救撈局 | jiù lāo jú | sea rescue service ; lifeboat service | |
| 敖闰 | 敖闰 | áo rùn | Dragon King of the West Sea, Ao Run, also Ao Ji (敖吉) | |
| 文山会海 | 文山會海 | wén shān huì hǎi | a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom) | |
| 文江学海 | 文江學海 | wén jiāng xué hǎi | river of literacy, sea of learning (idiom); ars longa, vita brevis | |
| 日本海 | 日本海 | rì běn hǎi | Sea of Japan ; Korean: East sea 東海|东海[Dong1 hai3] | |
| 李舜臣 | 李舜臣 | lǐ shùn chén | Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders | |
| 桑托里尼岛 | 桑托里尼島 | sāng tuō lǐ ní dǎo | Santorini (volcanic island in the Aegean sea) | |
| 棘皮动物 | 棘皮動物 | jí pí dòng wù | echinoderm, the phylum containing sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc | |
| 死海 | 死海 | sǐ hǎi | the Dead Sea | |
| 死海古卷 | 死海古卷 | sǐ hǎi gǔ juàn | Dead Sea Scrolls | |
| 死海经卷 | 死海經卷 | sǐ hǎi jīng juàn | Dead Sea Scrolls | |
| 民答那峨海 | 民答那峨海 | mín dā nà é hǎi | Mindanao Sea | mer de Bohol; mer de Mindanao |
| 水中捞月 | 水中撈月 | shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè | to fetch the moon out of the sea (idiom); a hopeless illusion | |
| 水产 | 水產 | shuǐ chǎn | aquatic ; produced in sea, rivers or lakes | produits aquatiques; production (aquicole, aquatique); produits (aquicoles, aquatiques); |
| 水仙 | 水仙 | shuǐ xiān | narcissus ; daffodil ; legendary aquatic immortal ; refers to those buried at sea ; person who wanders abroad and does not return | narcisse ( fleur ); |
| 水僊 | 水僊 | shuǐ xiān | variant of 水仙, narcissus ; daffodil ; legendary aquatic immortal ; refers to those buried at sea ; person who wanders abroad and does not return | |
| 水浒 | 水滸 | shuǐ hǔ | edge of the water ; shore or sea, lake or river ; seashore | |
| 水螅体 | 水螅體 | shuǐ xī tǐ | sessile polyp ; sea anemone | |
| 水边 | 水邊 | shuǐ biān | edge of the water ; shore or sea, lake or river ; seashore | |
| 水陆 | 水陸 | shuǐ lù | water and land ; by water and land (transport) ; amphibian ; delicacies from land and sea | |
| 沙棘属 | 沙棘屬 | shā jí shǔ | Sea-buckthorn (Hippophae L.) | |
| 沧桑 | 滄桑 | cāng sāng | great changes ; abbr. of blue sea where once was mulberry fields 滄海桑田|沧海桑田[cang1 hai3 sang1 tian2] | vicisstudes de la vie |
| 河清海晏 | 河清海晏 | hé qīng hǎi yàn | the Yellow River is clear and the sea is calm ; the world is at peace (idiom) | |
| 波塞冬 | 波塞冬 | bō sāi dōng | Poseidon, God of the sea in Greek mythology | |
| 波弗特海 | 波弗特海 | bō fú tè hǎi | Beaufort sea (off Alaska and British Columbia) | |
| 波罗的海 | 波羅的海 | bō luó dì hǎi | Baltic Sea | mer Baltique; |
| 泥牛入海 | 泥牛入海 | ní niú rù hǎi | lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning | |
| 浅海 | 淺海 | qiǎn hǎi | shallow sea ; sea less than 200 meters deep | |
| 测深 | 測深 | cè shēn | to sound (sea depth) | |
| 浩如烟海 | 浩如煙海 | hào rú yān hǎi | vast as the open sea (idiom); fig. extensive (library) | |
| 海 | 海 | hǎi | ocean ; sea | mer; |
| 海产 | 海產 | hǎi chǎn | marine ; produced in sea | |
| 海刺芹 | 海刺芹 | hǎi cì qín | sea holly (Eryngium maritimum) | |
| 海南 | 海南 | hǎi nán | Hainan island province, in South China Sea, abbr. 瓊|琼[qiong2], capital Haikou 海口 ; Hainan district of Wuhait city 烏海市|乌海市[Wu1 hai3 shi4], Inner Mongolia ; Hainan Tibetan autonomous pref | Hainan (Province); |
| 海南岛 | 海南島 | hǎi nán dǎo | Hainan Island in South China Sea | |
| 海南省 | 海南省 | hǎi nán shěng | Hainan island province, in South China Sea, abbr. 瓊|琼[qiong2], capital Haikou 海口 | Hainan, une île-province au sud de la Chine |
| 海域 | 海域 | hǎi yù | sea area ; territorial waters ; maritime space | espace maritime; |
| 海平面 | 海平面 | hǎi píng miàn | sea level | |
| 海拔 | 海拔 | hǎi bá | height above sea level ; elevation | altitude; |
| 海日 | 海日 | hǎi rì | sun over sea | |
| 海星 | 海星 | hǎi xīng | starfish ; sea star | étoile de mer |
| 海景 | 海景 | hǎi jǐng | seascape ; sea view | |
| 海浪 | 海浪 | hǎi làng | sea wave | |
| 海狮 | 海獅 | hǎi shī | sea lion | otarie; lion marin; |
| 海獭 | 海獺 | hǎi tà | sea otter | loutre de mer |
| 海百合 | 海百合 | hǎi bǎi hé | sea lily ; crinoid | |
| 海砂 | 海砂 | hǎi shā | sea sand (sand collected from the ocean floor, as opposed to that which is used as an ingredient in concrete) | |
| 海砂屋 | 海砂屋 | hǎi shā wū | house built with cheap, unreliable concrete which contains a high quantity of sea sand ; see also 海砂|海砂[hai3 sha1] | |
| 海神 | 海神 | hǎi shén | Emperor of the Sea ; Neptune | |
| 海禁 | 海禁 | hǎi jìn | prohibition on entering or leaving by sea | |
| 海纳百川 | 海納百川 | hǎi nà bǎi chuān | all rivers run into the sea ; use different means to obtain the same result (idiom) | |
| 海胆 | 海膽 | hǎi dǎn | sea urchin | oursin; châtaigne de mer; hérisson de mer; |
| 海船 | 海船 | hǎi chuán | sea-going ship | |
| 海葵 | 海葵 | hǎi kuí | sea anemone | |
| 海蛞蝓 | 海蛞蝓 | hǎi kuò yú | sea slug | |
| 海蛤蝓 | 海蛤蝓 | hǎi gé yú | sea slug | |
| 海运 | 海運 | hǎi yùn | shipping by sea | transport maritime; |
| 海运费 | 海運費 | hǎi yùn fèi | shipping ; sea transport | |
| 海阔天空 | 海闊天空 | hǎi kuò tiānkōng | wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas ; the whole wide world ; chatting about everything under the sun | vaste, immense comme la mer et l'horizon; |
| 海陆 | 海陸 | hǎi lù | sea and land ; ocean and continent ; army and navy | |
| 海陆煲 | 海陸煲 | hǎi lù bāo | sea and land hotpot (Jiangsu specialty) | |
| 海陆空 | 海陸空 | hǎi lù kòng | sea land air (transport, or military operations) | |
| 海难 | 海難 | hǎi nàn | perils of the sea | catastrophe maritime |
| 海面 | 海面 | hǎi miàn | sea level ; sea surface | niveau de la mer |
| 海鞘 | 海鞘 | hǎi qiào | Ascidiacea ; sea squirt | figue de mer; |
| 海风 | 海風 | hǎi fēng | sea breeze ; sea wind (i.e. from the sea) | |
| 海马 | 海馬 | hǎi mǎ | sea horse | |
| 海鲤 | 海鯉 | hǎi lǐ | sea bream | |
| 海鹫 | 海鷲 | hǎi jiù | sea eagle | |
| 深浅 | 深淺 | shēn qiǎn | deep or shallow ; depth (of the sea) ; limits of decorum | profondeur; mesure; pondération; |
| 深海 | 深海 | shēn hǎi | deep sea | |
| 深海烟囱 | 深海煙囪 | shēn hǎi yān cōng | deep-sea vent ; black smoker | |
| 渤 | 渤 | bó | same as 渤海[Bo2 Hai3], Bohai sea between Liaoning and Shandong ; gulf of Zhili or Chihli | Golfe du Chili |
| 渤海 | 渤海 | bó hǎi | Bohai sea between Liaoning and Shandong ; Parhae, Korean kingdom in Manchuria and Siberia 698-926 | mer Bohai; |
| 港埠 | 港埠 | gǎng bù | port ; wharf ; sea terminal | |
| 溟 | 溟 | míng | to drizzle ; sea | |
| 溟岛 | 溟島 | míng dǎo | an island in the sea | |
| 溟池 | 溟池 | míng chí | the northern sea | |
| 溟海 | 溟海 | míng hǎi | a dark sea | |
| 滨海 | 濱海 | bīn hǎi | coastal ; bordering the sea | |
| 澄海 | 澄海 | chéng hǎi | Sea of serenity (Mare Serenitatis, on the moon) ; Chenghai district of Shantou city 汕头市, Guangdong | |
| 濒海 | 瀕海 | bīn hǎi | coastal ; bordering the sea | |
| 瀛洲 | 瀛洲 | yíng zhōu | Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality | |
| 灭度 | 滅度 | miè dù | to extinguish worries and the sea of grief ; nirvana (Buddhism) | |
| 爱奥尼亚海 | 愛奧尼亞海 | ài ào ní yà hǎi | Ionian sea between Italy and Greece | |
| 爱尔兰海 | 愛爾蘭海 | ài ěr lán hǎi | Irish sea between Ireland and north England | |
| 爱琴 | 愛琴 | ài qín | Aegean (sea between Greece and Turkey) | |
| 爱琴海 | 愛琴海 | ài qín hǎi | Aegean sea | |
| 独岛 | 獨島 | dú dǎo | Dokdo (Japanese Takeshima 竹島|竹岛), disputed islands in Sea of Japan | |
| 琉球海 | 琉球海 | liú qiú hǎi | Ryūkyū sea ; refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liu2 qiu2 qun2 dao3] stretching from Japan to Taiwan | |
| 白令海 | 白令海 | bái lìng hǎi | Bering Sea | mer de Béring |
| 白海 | 白海 | bái hǎi | White Sea | |
| 真鲷 | 真鯛 | zhēn diāo | porgy (Pagrosomus major) ; red sea bream | |
| 瞒天过海 | 瞞天過海 | mán tiān guò hǎi | to cross the sea under cover ; to escape by a clever vanishing act (idiom) | parvenir à son but dérobé au moyen d'une tromperie; |
| 石投大海 | 石投大海 | shí tóu dà hǎi | to disappear like a stone dropped into the sea ; to vanish forever without trace | |
| 碧海青天 | 碧海青天 | bì hǎi qīng tiān | green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade ; loneliness of faithful widow | |
| 磡 | 磡 | kàn | dangerous sea-cliff | |
| 福如东海 | 福如東海 | fú rú dōng hǎi | lucky as immense as the East sea (idiom); a lucky sign | |
| 科泽科德 | 科澤科德 | kē zé kē dé | old Chinese name for Calicut, town on Arabian sea in Kerala, India ; now called 卡利卡特 | |
| 竹岛 | 竹島 | zhú dǎo | Takeshima (Korean Dokdo 獨島|独岛), disputed islands in Sea of Japan | |
| 第勒尼安海 | 第勒尼安海 | dì lè ní ān hǎi | Tyrrhenian sea between Sardinia and the Italian mainland | |
| 索契 | 索契 | suǒ qì | Sochi (city on the Black Sea in Russia) | |
| 红海 | 紅海 | hóng hǎi | Red Sea | |
| 约翰・霍金斯 | 約翰・霍金斯 | yuē hàn · huò jīn sī | John Hawkins (1532-1595), British seaman involved in sea war with Spain | |
| 罗斯托夫 | 羅斯托夫 | luó sī tuō fū | Rostov-on-Don, Russian river port and regional capital close to Sea of Azov (north of the Black Sea) | |
| 羌鹫 | 羌鷲 | qiāng jiù | sea eagle | |
| 联合国海洋法公约 | 聯合國海洋法公約 | lián hé guó hǎi yáng fǎ gōng yuē | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea | |
| 航次 | 航次 | háng cì | flight number ; number of scheduled sailing ; sequence of air or sea voyages | |
| 航段 | 航段 | háng duàn | leg of air or sea voyage | |
| 航海 | 航海 | háng hǎi | sailing ; navigation ; voyage by sea | navigation maritime; |
| 航程 | 航程 | háng chéng | flight ; passage ; sea or air distance | traversée; distance par voie maritime ou par voie aérienne; trajet; |
| 舶 | 舶 | bó | sea-going vessels ; ship | navire de haute mer; |
| 船运 | 船運 | chuán yùn | sea freight ; shipping | |
| 艚 | 艚 | cáo | sea-going junk | jonque marchande |
| 苦海 | 苦海 | kǔ hǎi | lit. sea of bitterness ; abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term) ; depths of misery | océan de douleurs ; abîme de misère |
| 苦海无边,回头是岸 | 苦海無邊,回頭是岸 | kǔ hǎi wú biān , huí tóu shì àn | The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. ; Repent and ye shall be saved! | |
| 苦海茫茫 | 苦海茫茫 | kǔ hǎi máng máng | sea of bitterness is vast (idiom) | |
| 苦瓜 | 苦瓜 | kǔ guā | bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber) | margose; momordique; melon amer; |
| 莱斯沃斯岛 | 萊斯沃斯島 | lái sī wò sī dǎo | Lesbos (Greek island in the Aegean sea 愛琴海|爱琴海[Ai4 qin2 hai3]) | |
| 葛法翁 | 葛法翁 | gě fǎ wēng | Capernaum (biblical town on the Sea of Galilee) | |
| 蓬壶 | 蓬壺 | péng hú | fabled island in Eastern sea, abode of immortals ; same as Penglai 蓬萊|蓬莱 | |
| 蓬莱 | 蓬萊 | péng lái | Penglai county level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong ; Penglai, one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals ; by extension, fairyland | |
| 薄海 | 薄海 | bó hǎi | vast area ; all the way to the sea | |
| 虾兵蟹将 | 蝦兵蟹將 | xiā bīng xiè jiàng | shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) ; useless troops (idiom) | |
| 蛇岛 | 蛇島 | shé dǎo | Shedao or Snake island in Bohai sea 渤海 off Lüshun 旅順|旅顺 on the tip of the Liaoning peninsula, small rocky island famous for snakes | |
| 蜃 | 蜃 | shèn | (mythical animal) ; clam ; sea-serpent | |
| 蟳 | 蟳 | xún | (hairy sea-crab) | |
| 西海 | 西海 | xī hǎi | western sea ; Yellow Sea (from Korean perspective) | |
| 试航 | 試航 | shì háng | test flight (of aircraft) ; sea trial (of ship) | |
| 辽东 | 遼東 | liáo dōng | Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea ; east and south of Liaoning province ; east of Liao river 遼河|辽河 | |
| 远航 | 遠航 | yuǎn háng | distant sea voyage | |
| 通航 | 通航 | tōng háng | connected by air, sea traffic or service | inauguration d'une ligne aérienne; |
| 道山学海 | 道山學海 | dào shān xué hǎi | mountain of Dao, sea of learning (idiom); learning is as high as the mountains, as wide as the seas ; ars longa, vita brevis | |
| 鄂霍次克海 | 鄂霍次克海 | è huò cì kè hǎi | sea of Okhotsk | |
| 醋海生波 | 醋海生波 | cù hǎi shēng bō | lit. waves on a sea of vinegar ; trouble caused by a jealous woman (idiom) | |
| 里海 | 裡海 | lǐ hǎi | Caspian Sea | |
| 金天翮 | 金天翮 | jīn tiān hé | Jin Tianhe (1874-1947), late Qing poet and novelist, author of Flower in the sea of evil 孽海花 | |
| 锡尔河 | 錫爾河 | xī ěr hé | Syr Darya, Central Asian river, flowing from Kyrgiz Republic through Kazakhstan to the Aral sea | |
| 阿姆河 | 阿姆河 | ā mǔ hé | Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan ; formerly called Oxus by Greek and Western writers, and Gihon by medieval Islam | |
| 阿拉伯海 | 阿拉伯海 | ā lā bó hǎi | Arabian Sea | |
| 阿拉弗拉海 | 阿拉弗拉海 | ā lā fú lā hǎi | Arafura Sea | |
| 陆地 | 陸地 | lù dì | dry land (as opposed to the sea) | terre; |
| 青瓜 | 青瓜 | qīng guā | cucumber | |
| 青鲛 | 青鮫 | qīng jiāo | ferocious sea fish | |
| 靠山吃山,靠水吃水 | 靠山喫山,靠水喫水 | kào shān chī shān , kào shuǐ chī shuǐ | The mountain dweller lives from the mountain, the shore dweller lives from the sea. (idiom) ; to make the best use of local resources ; fig. to exploit one's position to advance oneself ; to find one's niche ; to live off the land | |
| 风平浪静 | 風平浪靜 | fēng píng làng jìng | lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment ; All is quiet. ; a dead calm (at sea) | calme et tranquille; sans la moindre agitation (Le vent est tombé et les vagues se sont apaisées); |
| 风恬浪静 | 風恬浪靜 | fēng tián làng jìng | lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment ; All is quiet. ; a dead calm (at sea) | |
| 风浪 | 風浪 | fēng làng | wind and waves ; stormy sea | houles; tempête; |
| 飒飒 | 颯颯 | sà sà | soughing ; whistling or rushing sound (of the wind in trees, the sea etc) | |
| 鲲 | 鯤 | kūn | fabulous sea monster, cf Leviathan or Jonah's whale ; fry ; young of fishes | monstre marin; |
| 鳆 | 鰒 | fù | Haliotis gigantea ; sea ear | ormeau géant (Haliotis gigantea) |
| 鳌 | 鰲 | áo | mythological sea turtle | grosse tortue marine; tortue mythologique |
| 黄岩岛 | 黃岩島 | huáng yán dǎo | Huangyan Island (in the South China Sea) | |
| 黄海 | 黃海 | huáng hǎi | Yellow Sea | |
| 黄瓜 | 黃瓜 | huáng guā | cucumber | concombre; |
| 黑海 | 黑海 | hēi hǎi | Black Sea | |
| 鼇 | 鼇 | áo | variant of 鰲|鳌 ; mythological sea turtle | tortue de mer mythologique |
| 鼋 | 黿 | yuán | sea turtle | |
| 龙君 | 龍君 | lóng jūn | the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea (mythology) | |
| 龙宫 | 龍宮 | lóng gōng | palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea |
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