# 下海 (xiàhǎi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 下海 (xiàhǎi) means “to go into business; to go out to sea”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to go into business; to go out to sea
- Pinyin: xiàhǎi (xia4 hai3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他在九十年代辞职下海经商。
  Tā zài jiǔshí niándài cízhí xiàhǎi jīngshāng.
  He resigned and went into business in the 1990s.

## Characters

- [下](https://hanziro.com/word/xia-down/) (xià): down; below
- [海](https://hanziro.com/word/hai-sea/) (hǎi): sea; ocean

https://hanziro.com/word/xia-hai-go-into-business/

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