海綿

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See also: 海绵

Chinese

		ocean; sea	cotton; incessant; soft cotton; incessant; soft; downy
trad. (海綿)		海	綿
simp. (海绵)		海	绵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎimián

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² min⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hói-mièn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-mî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎimián
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎimián
  - Wade–Giles: hai³-mien²
  - Yale: hǎi-myán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haemian
  - Palladius: хаймянь (xajmjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi² min⁴
  - Yale: hói mìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² min⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi² min⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ miːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-mièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: hoi^ˋ mien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hoi³ mian²
  - Sinological IPA: /hoi̯³¹ mi̯en¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-mî
  - Tâi-lô: hái-mî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haymii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mĩ²³/

Noun

海綿

sponge

Derived terms

海綿蛋糕／海绵蛋糕 (hǎimián dàngāo)
海綿骨／海绵骨 (hǎimiángǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	綿
かい Grade: 2	めん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
海綿 (kyūjitai)

Noun

海(かい)綿(めん) • (kaimen)

sponge (marine invertebrate with a porous skeleton)
- 1933, 北大路魯山人, 高野豆腐:
  絞(しぼ)り方(かた)はちょうど海綿(かいめん)を絞(しぼ)るような具合(ぐあい)にすればよい。
  Shiborikata wa chōdo kaimen o shiboru yō na guai ni sureba yoi.
  Ideally it should be squeezed out just like a sponge.

Korean

Hanja in this term
海	綿

Noun

海綿 • (haemyeon) (hangeul 해면)

hanja form^? of 해면 (“sponge”)

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