海星

Chinese

		ocean; sea	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (海星)		海	星
anagram		星海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎixīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² sing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-chhiⁿ / hái-chheⁿ / hái-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎixīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎising
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-hsing¹
    • Yale: hǎi-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeshing
    • Palladius: хайсин (xajsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² sing¹
    • Yale: hói sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Taipei, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chhiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hái-tshinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haychvy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /hai⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /hai⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /hai⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sʰĩ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Singapore, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hái-tshenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hayzhvef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Yilan, Tainan): /hai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /hai⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /hai⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡sʰɛ̃³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-seng
    • Tâi-lô: hái-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haysefng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

海星

1. starfish; sea star
2. (Mainland China, Internet slang) Alternative form of 還行／还行 (hái xíng, “still acceptable”)

Synonyms

• (dialectal Mandarin) 海盤纏／海盘缠
• (Wenzhou) 星魚／星鱼, 五角魚／五角鱼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	星
ひとで
Grade: 2	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
海星 (kyūjitai) 人手 海盤車 (rare)

Etymology

From 人(ひと)手(で) (hitode, literally “human hand”). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 海星 (hǎixīng, literally “sea star”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひとで [hìtódé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çi̥to̞de̞]

Noun

海星(ひとで) or 海星(ヒトデ) • (hitode) 

1. a starfish; a sea star
   • 1999 February 4, “ヒトデンチャク [Starnemone]”, in Vol.1, Konami:

     汚(お)染(せん)された水(みず)で狂(きょう)暴(ぼう)化(か)したヒトデ。口(くち)から溶(よう)解(かい)液(えき)をはく。

     Osen sareta mizu de kyōbōka shita hitode. Kuchi kara yōkaieki o haku.

     A frenzied starfish dwelling in polluted water. It spits liquefying fluid from its mouth.

   • 1999 May 27, “アーマード・スターフィッシュ [Armored Starfish]”, in Vol.3, Konami:

     表(ひょう)面(めん)がかたく守(しゅ)備(び)力(りょく)が比(ひ)較(かく)的(てき)高(たか)い、青(あお)っぽいヒトデ。

     Hyōmen ga kataku shubiryoku ga hikakuteki takai, aoppoi hitode.

     A bluish starfish that looks like it should have relatively high defense strength.

Derived terms

• 糸(イト)巻(マキ)海星(ヒトデ) (itomaki hitode)
• 蜘蛛(クモ)海星(ヒトデ) (kumo hitode, “brittle star”)