海底

Chinese

		ocean; sea	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (海底)		海	底
simp. ^#(海底)		海	底

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎidǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² dai²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hói-tái
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-té / hái-tóe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎidǐ [Phonetic: háidǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎidǐ
  - Wade–Giles: hai³-ti³
  - Yale: hǎi-dǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haedii
  - Palladius: хайди (xajdi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi² dai²
  - Yale: hói dái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² dai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi² dei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-tái
  - Hakka Romanization System: hoi^ˋ dai^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hoi³ dai³
  - Sinological IPA: /hoi̯³¹ tai̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-té
  - Tâi-lô: hái-té
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hay'dea
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ te⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-tóe
  - Tâi-lô: hái-tué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hay'doea
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tue⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³/

Noun

海底

seabed; seafloor; bottom of the sea

Synonyms

洋底 (yángdǐ)
海床 (hǎichuáng)

Derived terms

女人心，海底針 / 女人心，海底针 (nǚrén xīn, hǎidǐ zhēn)
海底地震
海底山
海底峽谷 / 海底峡谷
海底摸月
海底撈月 / 海底捞月 (hǎidǐ lāoyuè)
海底撈針 / 海底捞针 (hǎidǐlāozhēn)
海底擴張 / 海底扩张
海底沉積物 / 海底沉积物
海底猴兒 / 海底猴儿
海底眼
海底通訊 / 海底通讯
海底針 / 海底针 (hǎidǐzhēn)
海底鑽探器 / 海底钻探器
海底電線 / 海底电线
海底電纜 / 海底电缆

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
海	底
かい Grade: 2	てい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かいてー [kàítéé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ka̠ite̞ː]

Noun

海(かい)底(てい) • (kaitei)

seabed
深海(しんかい)の海底(かいてい)には光(ひかり)が届(とど)かない。
Shinkai no kaitei ni wa hikari ga todokanai.
The light does not reach the bottom in the deep sea.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
海	底
うな Grade: 2	そこ > ぞこ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɯ̟na̠zo̞ko̞]

Noun

海(うな)底(ぞこ) • (unazoko)

seabed

Korean

Hanja in this term
海	底

Noun

海底 • (haejeo) (hangeul 해저)

hanja form^? of 해저 (“seafloor”)