海底摸月

Chinese

		seabed; seafloor; bottom of the sea	feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to feel (one's pulse); imitate; copy	moon; month
trad. (海底摸月)		海底	摸	月
simp. #(海底摸月)		海底	摸	月

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² dai¹ mo¹ jyut^6-2 / hoi² dai² mo² jyut⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² dai¹ mo¹ jyut^6-2 / hoi² dai² mo² jyut⁶
    • Yale: hói dāi mō yút / hói dái mó yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² dai¹ mo¹ jyt^9-2 / hoi² dai² mo² jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² dei¹ mo¹ yud^6-2 / hoi² dei² mo² yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯⁵⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ jyːt̚²⁻³⁵/, /hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ mɔː³⁵ jyːt̚²/

Note:

• hoi2 dai1 mo1 jyut6-2 - Hong Kong;
• hoi2 dai1 mo1 jyut6-2 - Guangzhou.

Idiom

海底摸月

1. (Cantonese, figurative) to make a hopeless, futile or vain effort at doing something; to ask for the moon

Synonyms

• 海底撈月／海底捞月 (hǎidǐ lāoyuè)
• (Hokkien) 水內撈月／水内捞月

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	底	摸	月
ハイ Grade: 2	テイ Grade: 4	モー Hyōgai	ユエ Grade: 1
irregular

Alternative spelling
海底摸月 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠ite̞ːmo̞ːjɯ̟e̞]

Noun

海(ハイ)底(テイ)摸(モー)月(ユエ) • (haiteimōyue) 

1. (mahjong) completing a winning hand by drawing the final tile before reaching the dead wall

See also

• Chinese: 海底撈月／海底捞月 (hǎidǐ lāoyuè)