海底撈針

Chinese

		seabed; seafloor; bottom of the sea	fish up	needle; pin; injection
trad. (海底撈針)		海底	撈	針
simp. (海底捞针)		海底	捞	针

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎidǐlāozhēn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄠㄓㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² dai² laau⁴ zam¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-tóe-lô-chiam

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎidǐlāozhēn [Phonetic: háidǐlāozhēn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄠㄓㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎidǐlaojhen
  - Wade–Giles: hai³-ti³-lao¹-chên¹
  - Yale: hǎi-dǐ-lāu-jēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haediilhaujen
  - Palladius: хайдилаочжэнь (xajdilaočžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi² dai² laau⁴ zam¹
  - Yale: hói dái làauh jām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² dai² laau⁴ dzam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi² dei² lao⁴ zem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-tóe-lô-chiam
  - Tâi-lô: hái-tué-lô-tsiam
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hay'doefloiciafm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiam⁴⁴/

Idiom

海底撈針

to look for a needle in a haystack

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 大海撈針 (“to look for a needle in a haystack”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		大海撈針, 海底撈針, 水底撈針, 東海撈針
Mandarin	Taiwan	大海撈針, 海底撈針
Mandarin	Singapore	海底撈針
Cantonese	Hong Kong	大海撈針
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	海底摸針
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	海底摸針
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	海底摸針
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	海底摸針
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	海底摸針
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	海底摸針
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	海底摸針
Southern Min	Xiamen	大海摸針, 海底摸針
Southern Min	Tainan	海底摸針

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