地中海

Dìzhōnghǎi

noun #14,555

Meanings

1 Mediterranean Sea
2 bald crown; male pattern baldness

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

他才三十多岁，头顶就开始地中海了。

Tā cái sānshí duō suì, tóudǐng jiù kāishǐ dìzhōnghǎi le.

He's only in his thirties and already getting a bald spot on top.

HSK 7-9

他们在地中海沿岸度假。

Tāmen zài Dìzhōnghǎi yán'àn dùjià.

They vacationed along the Mediterranean coast.

Tips

memory

地中海 literally means 'sea in the middle of the land' - the Mediterranean is surrounded by Europe, Africa, and Asia. The slang meaning (bald crown) comes from the visual similarity: a ring of hair around a bare patch looks like land surrounding a sea.

Stroke Order

地 dì

中 zhōng

海 hǎi