海底針
Chinese
| seabed; seafloor; bottom of the sea | needle; pin; injection | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (海底針) | 海底 | 針 | |
| simp. (海底针) | 海底 | 针 | |
| Literally: “needle at the bottom of the sea”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hǎidǐzhēn [Phonetic: háidǐzhēn]
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄓㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hǎidǐjhen
- Wade–Giles: hai3-ti3-chên1
- Yale: hǎi-dǐ-jēn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haediijen
- Palladius: хайдичжэнь (xajdičžɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
海底針
- (figurative) something unknowable; something hard to gauge, reach or understand