海拔
Old HSK 6
海拔 (hǎibá) · altitude
海拔 (hǎibá) means “altitude; height above sea level”. It is written with 2 characters: 海 (sea) + 拔 (to uproot). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 海拔 is built
The characters
海 hǎi · sea
What 海 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 每měi — each
- 母mǔ — mother
Origin hint: 氵 gives the meaning, 每 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
拔 bá · to uproot
What 拔 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 犮bá — to pull up
- 犬quǎn — dog
- 大dà — big
- 丶 — dot
- 犬quǎn — dog
Example sentences
这座山海拔三千米。Zhè zuò shān hǎibá sānqiān mǐ.This mountain is three thousand meters above sea level.
海拔越高，空气越少。Hǎibá yuè gāo, kōngqì yuè shǎo.The higher the altitude, the thinner the air.
Questions about 海拔
What does 海拔 mean?
海拔 (hǎibá) means “altitude; height above sea level”.
How do you pronounce 海拔?
海拔 is pronounced hǎibá.
Which HSK level is 海拔?
海拔 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 大海dàhǎisea
- 海边hǎibiānseaside
- 海关hǎiguāncustoms
- 海水hǎishuǐseawater
- 海鲜hǎixiānseafood
- 海洋hǎiyángocean
- 海滨hǎibīnseaside
- 沿海yánhǎicoastal
- 海hǎisea
- 拔苗助长bámiáozhùzhǎngto spoil things by being too hasty
Learn 海拔 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 74: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.