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

  (Pinyin): hǎidǐzhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄓㄣ

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• 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/

Noun

海底針

1. (figurative) something unknowable; something hard to gauge, reach or understand

Derived terms

• 女人心，海底針／女人心，海底针 (nǚrén xīn, hǎidǐ zhēn)