hǎi wān
baie; golfe
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孟加拉湾是印度洋最大的海湾。
Mèngjiālā wān shì yìndùyáng zuì dà de hǎiwān.
The Bay of Bengal is the largest gulf in the Indian Ocean.
波斯湾是世界上最大的海湾之一。
Bōsī wān shì shìjiè shàng zuì dà de hǎiwān zhī yī.
The Persian Gulf is one of the largest gulfs in the world.
墨西哥湾是北美洲最大的海湾。
Mòxīgē wān shì běi měizhōu zuì dà de hǎiwān.
The Gulf of Mexico is the largest gulf in North America.
海湾 (hǎiwān)
gulf
海口 (hǎikǒu)
bay
海峡 (hǎixiá)
strait
内海 (nèihǎi)
inland sea
The Chinese word 海湾 (hǎiwān) for "gulf" is a compound of two characters: 海 (hǎi), meaning "sea", and 湾 (wān), meaning "bay". The character 海 is a pictograph of water with waves, while the character 湾 is a phonetic compound of the character 彎 (wān), meaning "to bend", and the water radical 氵. The combination of these two characters suggests a body of water that is partially enclosed by land, which is a fitting description of a gulf.
