First of all, the level of the ocean could rise, because ocean water expands as it grows warmer.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
海平面
sea level
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
sea level
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 海平面 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 海平面 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I wonder if the sea levels will rise when the North Pole melts.
Melting polar icecaps could also contribute to an increase in sea levels.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 海平面.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 海平面.
Directly before
- 使海平面1
Directly after
- 海平面可能1
- 海平面上涨1
- 海平面就1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 海平面
What does 海平面 mean in Chinese?
海平面 (hǎipíngmiàn) means sea level.
How do you pronounce 海平面?
海平面 is pronounced hǎipíngmiàn.
Is 海平面 an HSK word?
海平面 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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