海底摸針

See also: 海底摸针

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎidǐmōzhēn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄇㄛㄓㄣ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hói-tái-miâ-chṳ̂m
Min Dong (BUC): hāi-*dā̤-muŏ-*cĕng
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): hái-tóe-bong-chiam / hái-té-bong-chiam / hái-tóe-mo͘-chiam

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎidǐmōzhēn [Phonetic: háidǐmōzhēn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄇㄛㄓㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎidǐmojhen
  - Wade–Giles: hai³-ti³-mo¹-chên¹
  - Yale: hǎi-dǐ-mwō-jēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haediimhojen
  - Palladius: хайдимочжэнь (xajdimočžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-tái-miâ-chṳ̂m
  - Hakka Romanization System: hoi` dai` mia´ ziim´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hoi³ dai³ mia¹ zim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hoi̯³¹ tai̯³¹ mi̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɨm²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hāi-*dā̤-muŏ-*cĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai³³⁻³⁵ tɛ³³⁽⁻²¹⁾ muo⁵⁵ t͡sɛiŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-tóe-bong-chiam
  - Tâi-lô: hái-tué-bong-tsiam
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hay'doefbongciafm
  - IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³ bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³ bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiam⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-té-bong-chiam
  - Tâi-lô: hái-té-bong-tsiam
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hay'defbongciafm
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te⁴¹ bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiam⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-tóe-mo͘-chiam
  - Tâi-lô: hái-tué-moo-tsiam
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hay'doefmociafm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³ mɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiam⁴⁴/

Idiom

海底摸針

to look for a needle in a haystack
- 海底摸針相思海，摸針戇大呆。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  海底摸针相思海，摸针戆大呆。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 1977, 楊小萍, 相思海
  Hái-tóe-bong-chiam siuⁿ-si hái, bong chiam gōng-tōa-tai. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 可惜人海茫茫，要找會合的人，喔～，親像海底摸針，阮早就無央望。 [Hokkien, trad.]
  可惜人海茫茫，要找会合的人，喔～，亲像海底摸针，阮早就无央望。 [Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2013, 江蕙 (Jody Chiang) feat. 陳嘉樺 (Ella Chen), 歹逗陣
  Khó-sioh lîn-hái bâng-bâng, beh chhē ē-ha̍h ê lâng, o͘h ~, chhin-chhiūⁿ hái-té-bong-chiam, gún chá-tiō bô ǹg-bāng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Unfortunately, there is a vast sea of people, whoa. To look for someone who can get along with me is like looking for a needle in a haystack. I've got no hope early on.

Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)