海拔

hǎibá

height above sea level; elevation

noun HSK 3.0 · Band 6

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海
拔

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Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

海
拔
  • 选拔xuǎnbáto select the bestB6
  • 拔báto pull upB7
  • 提拔tíbáto promote to a higher jobB7
  • 挺拔tǐngbátall and straightB7
  • 一毛不拔yìmáo-bùbá(lit.) unwilling to spare a single hair (iB7

See it in sentences

这座山海拔很高。

This mountain is very high above sea level.

这里海拔三千米。

This place is three thousand meters high.