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
海运
hǎiyùn
shipping by sea; maritime transport
Characters in this word
运 yùn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 云 cloud
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 由于燃油价格上涨，海运成本在三个月内翻了一倍。 Yóuyú rányóu jiàgé shàngzhǎng, hǎiyùn chéngběn zài sān ge yuè nèi fān le yí bèi. Because fuel prices rose, maritime transport costs doubled within three months.
- 这批货物走海运，大约二十天就能到。 Zhè pī huòwù zǒu hǎiyùn, dàyuē èrshí tiān jiù néng dào. This shipment goes by sea and should arrive in about twenty days.
- 海运比空运便宜得多，只是速度慢一些。 Hǎiyùn bǐ kōngyùn piányi de duō, zhǐshì sùdù màn yìxiē. Shipping by sea is much cheaper than air freight, just a bit slower.