海底撈月

See also: 海底捞月

Chinese

		seabed; seafloor; bottom of the sea	fish up	moon; month
trad. (海底撈月)		海底	撈	月
simp. (海底捞月)		海底	捞	月
Literally: “scooping up the moon[’s reflection] from the seabed”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎidǐ lāoyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄠ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² dai² laau⁴ jyut⁶ / hoi² dai² laau⁴ jyut^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎidǐ lāoyuè [Phonetic: háidǐlāoyuè]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄠ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎidǐ laoyuè
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-ti³ lao¹-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: hǎi-dǐ lāu-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haedii lhauyueh
    • Palladius: хайди лаоюэ (xajdi laojue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² dai² laau⁴ jyut⁶ / hoi² dai² laau⁴ jyut^6-2
    • Yale: hói dái làauh yuht / hói dái làauh yút
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² dai² laau⁴ jyt⁹ / hoi² dai² laau⁴ jyt^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² dei² lao⁴ yud⁶ / hoi² dei² lao⁴ yud^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ jyːt̚²/, /hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ jyːt̚²⁻³⁵/

Verb

海底撈月

1. to make a futile effort
2. (mahjong) to complete a winning hand by drawing the final tile before reaching the dead wall

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 海底摸月
• (Eastern Min) 海底摸針／海底摸针 (hǎidǐmōzhēn)

Coordinate terms

• 河底撈魚／河底捞鱼 (hédǐ lāo yú)

Descendants

• → Japanese: 海底撈月 (haitei raoyue)

See also

• Japanese: 海底摸月 (haitei mōyue)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	底	撈	月
ハイ Grade: 2	テイ Grade: 4	ラオ Hyōgaiji	ユエ Grade: 1
irregular

Alternative spelling
海底撈月 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Mandarin 海底撈月 (hǎidǐ lāoyuè).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠ite̞ː ɾa̠o̞jɯ̟ᵝe̞]

Noun

海(ハイ)底(テイ)撈(ラオ)月(ユエ) • (haitei raoyue) 

1. (mahjong) completing a winning hand by drawing the final tile before reaching the dead wall, worth 1 翻 (han, “double”)

   Synonyms: 海底摸月 (haitei mōyue), 海底 (haitei)

Coordinate terms

• 河(ホー)底(テイ)撈(ラオ)魚(ユイ) (hōtei raoyui)