# 海啸 (hǎixiào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 海啸 (hǎixiào) means “tsunami”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: tsunami
- Pinyin: hǎixiào (hai3 xiao4)
- Traditional: 海嘯
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 海底地震引发了一场严重的海啸。
  Hǎidǐ dìzhèn yǐnfā le yī chǎng yánzhòng de hǎixiào.
  The undersea earthquake triggered a severe tsunami.

## Characters

- [海](https://hanziro.com/word/hai-sea/) (hǎi): sea; ocean
- 啸 (xiào): (of people) to whistle

https://hanziro.com/word/hai-xiao-tsunami/

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