海岬

hǎijiǎ
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 headland
  2. 2 cape
  3. 3 promontory jutting into the sea

Examples

Dēngtǎ jiàn zài tūchū de hǎijiǎ shàng.
The lighthouse stands on a jutting headland.
Tāmen yánzhe hǎijiǎ zǒu dào xuányá biān.
They walked along the headland to the edge of the cliff.

Tips

usage
Geography vocabulary. Compare (hǎijiǎo, cape — the very tip), 半岛 (bàndǎo, peninsula — much larger), and 海湾 (hǎiwān, bay — the inverse, water cutting into land). 海岬 emphasizes the rocky, jutting headland shape.

Stroke Order

hǎi
jiǎ