海鲜
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
海鲜 (hǎixiān) · seafood
海鲜 (hǎixiān) means “seafood”. It is written with 2 characters: 海 (sea) + 鲜 (fresh). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 海鲜 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)
鲜 xiān · fresh
What 鲜 is made of
- 鱼yú — fish
- ⺈ — top shape
- 田tián — field
- 冂 — frame
- 土tǔ — earth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 羊yáng — sheep
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 丷ha — kwukyel
Origin hint: 鱼 gives the meaning, 羊 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我很喜欢吃海鲜。Wǒ hěn xǐhuan chī hǎixiān.I really like seafood.
这家饭馆的海鲜新鲜吗？Zhè jiā fànguǎn de hǎixiān xīnxiān ma?Is the seafood at this restaurant fresh?
Questions about 海鲜
What does 海鲜 mean?
海鲜 (hǎixiān) means “seafood”.
How do you pronounce 海鲜?
海鲜 is pronounced hǎixiān.
Which HSK level is 海鲜?
海鲜 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 大海dàhǎisea
- 海边hǎibiānseaside
- 海关hǎiguāncustoms
- 海水hǎishuǐseawater
- 海洋hǎiyángocean
- 海拔hǎibáaltitude
- 海滨hǎibīnseaside
- 沿海yánhǎicoastal
- 海hǎisea
- 鲜花xiānhuāfresh flowers
Learn 海鲜 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 3: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.