Meanings
- A lake in Xicheng district, Beijing, China.
A lot of people say that winter swimming in lakes is frightening or freezing. But actually it is not. Anyone without a serious illness can manage it if they practise gradually. I come to Shichahai every afternoon and swim for about seven minutes.
2006 February 12, Alice Yan, “More hardy souls warm to winter swimming”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Aug 20231 more example
One of the places where Little Bald Head loved so much to spend a summer afternoon in the company of his grandfather was the market place and amusement center near the lotus pond of Shih Cha Hai (十刹海), of the Sea of Ten Monasteries—a stretch of water which was apparently designed to be used as a reservoir for the "sea palaces" which have in recent years been thrown open to the public as parks.[...]The first visitors to the Shih Cha Hai were there primarily to admire the lotus blossoms which to the mind of the cultured Chinese represent a human type— that of the chuin tze (君子), Superior Man.
[1940, H. Y. Lowe [盧興源], “A Popular Fair”, in The Adventures of Wu: The Life Cycle of a Peking Man, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, published 1983, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 160 - A subdistrict of Xicheng district, Beijing, China.
Origin
- Mandarin什剎海 /什刹海
- EnglishShichahai
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 什剎海 /什刹海 (Shíchàhǎi).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 什刹海
- 什刹海 (sap⁶ saat³ hoi²)subdistrict; lake
Chinese Mandarin 什刹海
- 什刹海 (Shíchàhǎi)subdistrict; lake
Japanese 什刹海
- 什刹海 (Jissatsukai)subdistrict; lake
Cite this entry
Shichahai. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shichahai
“Shichahai.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shichahai. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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