海水
Written hǎi shuǐ, said hái shuǐ — a third tone before another third tone is said as a second.
Meaning
- seawater
Example sentence
你不能喝海水，因为它太咸了。
You can't drink seawater because it is too salty.
Characters in 海水
海 the sea plus 水, water. 海 gives 海边 the seaside and 大海 the open sea, and it also means vast — 人海, a sea of people.