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-chheⁿ / hái-chhiⁿ / 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)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chheⁿ / hái-chhiⁿ / hái-seng
    • Tâi-lô: hái-tshenn / hái-tshinn / hái-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hayzhvef, haychvy, haysefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/, /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰẽ³³/, /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ³³/, /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/, /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/, /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/, /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/, /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 海星

1. starfish; sea star

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	星
Grade: 2	Grade: 2
irregular

Alternative spelling
海星 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• 人手

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”).

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

• 蜘蛛(クモ)海星(ヒトデ) (kumo hitode, “brittle star”)