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Definition(s) for: 红海

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
红海 hóng hǎi - Red Sea
红海 hóng hǎi - (neologism) highly competitive market (contrasted with 藍海|蓝海[lan2 hai3])

List Ranking for: 红海

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 34,643 30,461 21,848

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
红 hóng- surname Hong
红 gōng- used in 女紅|女红[nu:3gong1]
红 hóng- red
- popular
- revolutionary
- bonus
海 hǎi- surname Hai
海 hǎi- ocean
- sea
- CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]
- great number of people or things
- (dialect) numerous

Other Words Containing 红海

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
红海 - - 34,643 30,461 21,848