海綿

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

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• 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-mièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoi` mienˇ
    • 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

1. 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) 

1. 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)

1. Hanja form^? of 해면 (“sponge”).