Cantonese Dictionary

海市蜃樓

hoi2 si5 san6/5 lau4

Mandarin: hai3 shi4 shen4 lou2

mirage

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海帶

hoi2 daai3

kelp (a type of seaweed) - often dried and then boiled to make soups

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海幢寺

hoi2 tong4 zi6

Mandarin: hai3 chuang2 si4

Hai Tong Monastery, located in Guangdong, China

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海平面

hoi2 ping4 min6*2

Mandarin: hai3 ping2 mian4

sea level

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海床

hoi2 cong4

Mandarin: hai3 chuang2

seabed; sea floor; ocean floor | Syn.: 海底; 洋底 (ocean only)

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海底

hoi2 dai2

Mandarin: hai3 di3

seabed; sea floor; ocean floor | Syn.: 海床

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海底生物

hoi2 dai2 sang1 mat6

benthos (lit., "seabed creatures")

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海底研究

hoi2 dai2 jin4 gau3

benthic study; seabed research

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海底隧道

hoi2 dai2 seoi6 dou6

Mandarin: hai3 di3 sui4 dao4

(noun) Cross Harbour Tunnel

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海康

hoi2 hong1

Mandarin: hai3 kang1

Haikang (place in Guangdong)

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海德

hoi2 dak1

Mandarin: hai3 de2

Hyde (e.g. House Judiciary Chairman Henry Hyde)

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海心沙

hoi2 sam1 saa1

Mandarin: hai3 xin1 sha1

Haixinsha Island, located in Guangzhou, China

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海怡半島

hoi2 ji4 bun3 dou2

Mandarin: hai3 yi2 ban4 dao3

Simplified: 海怡半岛

South Horizons, a private housing estate in Hong Kong

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海怪

hoi2 gwaai3

Mandarin: hai3 guai4

sea monster

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海拉爾

hoi2 laai1 ji5

Mandarin: hai3 la1 er3

Haila'er (city in Inner Mongolia)

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海拔

hoi2 bat6

Mandarin: hai3 ba2

height above sea-level; elevation

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海斯

hoi2 si1

Mandarin: hai3 si1

Hayes (Microcomputer)

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海旁

hoi2 pong4

Mandarin: hai3 pang2

(noun) harbour side

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海星

hoi2 sing1

Mandarin: hai3 xing1

starfish; sea star

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海晏

hoi2 aan3

Mandarin: hai3 yan4

Haiyan (place in Qinghai)

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海景

hoi2 ging2

seascape

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海林

hoi2 lam4

Mandarin: hai3 lin2

Hailin (city in Heilongjiang)

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海棠

hoi2 tong4

Mandarin: hai3 tang2

asiatic apple

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海棠花

hoi2 tong4 faa1

a begonia

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海水

hoi2 seoi2

Mandarin: hai3 shui3

[n] seawater

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海水化淡

hoi2 seoi2 faa3 taam5

Mandarin: hai3 shui3 hua4 dan4

desalination

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海水魚

hoi2 seoi2 jyu4

Mandarin: hai3 shui3 yu2

Simplified: 海水鱼

seawater fish

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海水魚

hoi2 seoi2 jyu4*2

Cantonese

a sea fish

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海洋

hoi2 joeng4

Mandarin: hai3 yang2

ocean

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海洋公園

hoi2 joeng4 gung1 jyun4*2

Mandarin: hai3 yang2 gong1 yuan2

Ocean Park Hong Kong

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