How to say “sea of people” in Chinese
sea of people, huge crowds
“Sea of people” in Chinese is 人山人海, rén shān rén hǎi: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
人山人海 is read rén shān rén hǎi: 4 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
A picture of a walking person: two legs.
A picture of three peaks.
On the left, 氵 “water”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “人山人海”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 人山人海. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 公园里人山人海gōngyuánlirénshānrénhǎiThe park is a sea of people.
More words from the lesson “Views and scenes”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “sea of people” in Chinese?
“Sea of people” in Chinese is 人山人海, pinyin rénshān rénhǎi.
What does 人山人海 mean?
人山人海 (rénshān rénhǎi) means “sea of people, huge crowds”.
How do you write 人山人海?
人山人海 is 4 characters: 人 (rén) — person; 山 (shān) — mountain; 海 (hǎi) — sea. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 人山人海?
人山人海 is read rénshān rénhǎi. Tones: rén — second tone, shān — first tone, rén — second tone, hǎi — third tone. The page has an audio recording.
“sea of people” in the lesson “Views and scenes”
This word is from the topic “Sports and leisure” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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