海宾

海賓
hǎibīn
noun #31,375

Meanings

  1. 1 seashore
  2. 2 seaside
  3. 3 coast (literary variant of 海滨)

Examples

Tāmen zài hǎibīn sànbù kàn rìluò.
They strolled along the seaside watching the sunset.
Zhè zuò chéngshì yǐ měilì de hǎibīn fēngjǐng wénmíng.
This city is famous for its beautiful coastal scenery.

Tips

usage
海宾 is a literary/older variant of the much more common 海滨 (hǎibīn) 'seashore'. Both share the meaning, but modern writing almost always uses 海滨; 海宾 may turn up in poetry, place names, or proper nouns. usually means 'guest', but in this compound it carries the older sense of 'shore/edge'.

Stroke Order

hǎi
bīn