海啸 hǎixiào tsunami
How to remember 海啸: 海 sea + 啸 to roar = tsunami.
Characters
How it is used
- Means a tsunami - 地震引发海啸 (dìzhèn yǐnfā hǎixiào) the earthquake triggered a tsunami.
- Literal natural-disaster term; also used figuratively for overwhelming surges - 金融海啸 (jīnróng hǎixiào) financial tsunami/crisis.
- The character 啸 (to roar) captures the roaring wall of water.
Example sentences
- 海啸的警报解除了。 Hǎixiào de jǐngbào jiěchú le.The tsunami alert was cancelled.
- 海啸来了，密切注意啊。 Hǎixiào lái le, mìqièzhùyì a.A tsunami is coming, so please be on the alert.