海底撈月

See also: 海底捞月

Chinese

seabed; seafloor; bottom of the sea fish up moon; month
trad. (海底撈月) 海底 撈 月
simp. (海底捞月) 海底 捞 月
Literally: “scooping up the moon[’s reflection] from the seabed”.

Pronunciation

Verb

海底撈月

  1. to make a futile effort
  2. (mahjong) to complete a winning hand by drawing the final tile before reaching the dead wall

Synonyms

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (海底撈月):
  • → Japanese: 海底撈月(かいていろうげつ) (kaiteirōgetsu)

Others:

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海 底 撈 月
ハイ
Grade: 2 		テイ
Grade: 4 		ラオ
Hyōgai 		ユエ
Grade: 1
irregular
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Mandarin 海底撈月 (hǎidǐ lāoyuè).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ha̠ite̞ː ɾa̠o̞jɯ̟e̞]

Noun

海(ハイ)底(テイ)撈(ラオ)月(ユエ) • (haitei raoyue) 

  1. (mahjong) completing a winning hand by drawing the final tile before reaching the dead wall, worth 1 翻 (han, “double”)
    Synonyms: 海底摸月 (haitei mōyue), 海底 (haitei)

Coordinate terms

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