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

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): /hai⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ 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

starfish; sea star
(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
(kyūjitai) 人手海盤車 (rare)

Alternative forms

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])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [çi̥to̞de̞]

Noun

海星(ひとで) or 海星(ヒトデ) • (hitode)

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”)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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