Chinese symbol for “shore”
海滨
hǎi bīn
Traditional: 海濱
shore; seaside
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shore is 海滨 (hǎi bīn), defined as: shore; seaside.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “shore”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 岸边 (岸邊) | àn biān | shore |
| 岸 | àn | bank; shore; beach; coast |
| 滨 (濱) | bīn | (bound form) water's edge; bank; shore; (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc) |
| 浦 | pǔ | river bank; shore |
| 水边 (水邊) | shuǐ biān | edge of the water; waterside |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 海滨.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 海军 (海軍) | hǎi jūn | navy |
| 海洋 | hǎi yáng | ocean |
| 海上 | hǎi shàng | maritime |
| 沿海 | yán hǎi | coastal |
| 海岸 | hǎi àn | coastal; seacoast |
| 滨海 (濱海) | bīn hǎi | coastal; bordering the sea |
| 滨江 (濱江) | bīn jiāng | along the bank of a river; riverside |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shore”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.