海 hǎi
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 每 each, every
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
海拔
hǎibá
altitude
Characters in this word
拔 bá
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 犮 to pull up
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这座村庄海拔较高，昼夜温差比山下明显得多。 Zhè zuò cūnzhuāng hǎibá jiào gāo, zhòuyè wēnchā bǐ shānxià míngxiǎn de duō. This village is at a relatively high altitude, so the temperature difference between day and night is much more obvious than at the foot of the mountain.
- 这座山的海拔超过三千米，山顶常年有雪。 Zhè zuò shān de hǎibá chāoguò sānqiān mǐ, shāndǐng chángnián yǒu xuě. This mountain is more than three thousand metres above sea level, and its summit is snowy all year round.
- 海拔高的地方空气稀薄，爬山时容易觉得累。 Hǎibá gāo de dìfang kōngqì xībó, páshān shí róngyì juéde lèi. The air is thin at high altitude, so you tire easily when climbing.