水綿

Chinese

		water; river	cotton; incessant; soft cotton; incessant; soft; downy
trad. (水綿)		水	綿
simp. (水绵)		水	绵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐmián

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐmián
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěimián
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-mien²
    • Yale: shwěi-myán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeimian
    • Palladius: шуймянь (šujmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn³⁵/

Noun

水綿

1. spirogyra

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
水	綿
あおみどろ
Grade: 1	Grade: 5
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
青味泥

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あおみどろ [àómíꜜdòrò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [a̠o̞mʲido̞ɾo̞]

Noun

水綿(あおみどろ) or 水綿(アオミドロ) • (aomidoro) ^{←あをみどろ (awomidoro) or アヲミドロ (awomidoro)?}

1. spirogyra

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
水	綿
みず Grade: 1	わた Grade: 5
kun'yomi

From 水(みず) (mizu) + 綿(わた) (wata).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みずわた [mìzúwátá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲizɨβ̞a̠ta̠]

Noun

水(みず)綿(わた) • (mizuwata) ^{←みづわた (miduwata)?}

1. sponge

Synonyms

• 海綿(かいめん) (kaimen)