Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
Chinese to English Dictionary
海里
hǎilǐ
Description
"海里"是一种用来测量海上距离的单位。
"海里" is a unit used to measure distances at sea.
船和飞机常常用海里来说明走了多远。
Ships and planes often use 海里 to indicate how far they have traveled.
Meanings
海里hǎilǐ
nautical mile (unit of distance at sea)
这艘船开了三十海里。
The ship sailed thirty nautical miles.
Related words
Notes
- Etymology
海 (sea) + 里 (a Chinese unit of length); here it means the sea distance unit.
- Nuance
one 海里 ≈ 1.852 kilometers, different from the land unit 里 or 公里.
In videos
Images