海河

Hǎihé
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Hai River, river of north China that flows through Tianjin into the Bohai Sea

Examples

HSK 5
Hǎihé cóng Tiānjīn shìzhōngxīn liúguò.
The Hai River flows through the centre of Tianjin.
HSK 6
Wǎnshang zuòchuán yóu Hǎihé, kěyǐ kàndào liǎng'àn de dēngguāng.
Take a boat on the Hai River at night and you can see the lights on both banks.

Tips

culture
Its main stream is short, about 73 km from Tianjin to the sea at 大沽口, but five large rivers fan in above the city, so 海河 also names the whole system, one of China's major river basins.

Stroke Order

海 hǎi
河 hé