海啸 (hǎi xiào) — tsunami

Definition

Examples

• 海啸发生后，许多人失去了家园。
  hǎi xiào Fā shēng hòu, xǔ duō rén shī qù le jiā yuán.
  After the tsunami struck, many people lost their homes.
• 沿海国家建立了海啸预警系统。
  Yán hǎi guó jiā jiàn lì le hǎi xiào yù jǐng xì tǒng.
  Coastal countries have established tsunami warning systems.
• 这场海啸是由海底地震引起的。
  Zhè chǎng hǎi xiào shì yóu hǎi dǐ dì zhèn yǐn qǐ de.
  This tsunami was triggered by an undersea earthquake.