"海底撈針" meaning in All languages combined

See 海底撈針 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/, /hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/, /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: hǎidǐlāozhēn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hoi² dai² laau⁴ zam¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hái-tóe-lô-chiam, hǎidǐlāozhēn [Phonetic:háidǐlāozhēn] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hǎidǐlaojhen [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hai³-ti³-lao¹-chên¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hǎi-dǐ-lāu-jēn [Mandarin, Yale], haediilhaujen [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хайдилаочжэнь [Mandarin, Palladius], xajdilaočžɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], hói dái làauh jām [Cantonese, Yale], hoi² dai² laau⁴ dzam¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hoi² dei² lao⁴ zem¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hái-tóe-lô-chiam [Hokkien, POJ], hái-tué-lô-tsiam [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hay'doefloiciafm [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 海底捞针
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 海底撈針
  1. to look for a needle in a haystack Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-海底撈針-zh-phrase-hvjEM8Pl Categories (other): Cantonese chengyu, Chinese chengyu, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Hokkien chengyu, Mandarin chengyu, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: 大海撈針 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 海底撈針 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 水底撈針 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 東海撈針 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 大海裡撈針 [Beijing], 大海撈針 [Taiwan], 海底撈針 [Taiwan], 海底撈針 [Singapore], 大海撈針 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 海底摸針 [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Northern], 海底摸針 [Hakka, Sixian, Pingtung], 海底摸針 [Hakka, Hsinchu-County], 海底摸針 [Hakka, Taichung], 海底摸針 [Hakka, Yunlin], 海底摸針 [Fuzhou], 海底摸針 [Xiamen], 大海摸針 [Xiamen], 海底摸針 [Tainan], 大海摸針 [Tainan], 大海撈針, 水底撈針, 東海撈針, Beijing, 大海裡撈針, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Miaoli (alt: N. Sixian), 海底摸針, Pingtung (alt: Neipu; S. Sixian), Hsinchu County [Hailu, Zhudong], Taichung [Dabu, Dongshi], Hsinchu County [Qionglin, Raoping], Yunlin [Lunbei, Zhao'an], Fuzhou, Xiamen, 大海摸針, Tainan
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          "needle in a haystack",
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          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Standard-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "大海撈針"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Standard-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "海底撈針"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Standard-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "水底撈針"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Standard-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "東海撈針"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Beijing"
          ],
          "word": "大海裡撈針"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "大海撈針"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "海底撈針"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "海底撈針"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "大海撈針"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Sixian",
            "Miaoli",
            "Northern"
          ],
          "word": "海底摸針"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Sixian",
            "Pingtung"
          ],
          "word": "海底摸針"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Hsinchu-County"
          ],
          "word": "海底摸針"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Taichung"
          ],
          "word": "海底摸針"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Yunlin"
          ],
          "word": "海底摸針"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Fuzhou"
          ],
          "word": "海底摸針"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "海底摸針"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "大海摸針"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Tainan"
          ],
          "word": "海底摸針"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Tainan"
          ],
          "word": "大海摸針"
        },
        {
          "word": "大海撈針"
        },
        {
          "word": "水底撈針"
        },
        {
          "word": "東海撈針"
        },
        {
          "word": "Beijing"
        },
        {
          "word": "大海裡撈針"
        },
        {
          "word": "Taiwan"
        },
        {
          "word": "Singapore"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hong Kong"
        },
        {
          "alt": "N. Sixian",
          "word": "Miaoli"
        },
        {
          "word": "海底摸針"
        },
        {
          "alt": "Neipu; S. Sixian",
          "word": "Pingtung"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hailu",
            "Zhudong"
          ],
          "word": "Hsinchu County"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Dabu",
            "Dongshi"
          ],
          "word": "Taichung"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Qionglin",
            "Raoping"
          ],
          "word": "Hsinchu County"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Lunbei",
            "Zhao'an"
          ],
          "word": "Yunlin"
        },
        {
          "word": "Fuzhou"
        },
        {
          "word": "Xiamen"
        },
        {
          "word": "大海摸針"
        },
        {
          "word": "Tainan"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎidǐlāozhēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi² dai² laau⁴ zam¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hái-tóe-lô-chiam"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎidǐlāozhēn [Phonetic:háidǐlāozhēn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎidǐlaojhen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hai³-ti³-lao¹-chên¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎi-dǐ-lāu-jēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haediilhaujen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хайдилаочжэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xajdilaočžɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hói dái làauh jām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi² dai² laau⁴ dzam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi² dei² lao⁴ zem¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hái-tóe-lô-chiam"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hái-tué-lô-tsiam"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hay'doefloiciafm"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: háidǐlāozhēn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "海底撈針"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "海底捞针",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "海底撈針",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 底",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 撈",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 海",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 針",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien chengyu",
        "Hokkien idioms",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to look for a needle in a haystack"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "needle in a haystack",
          "needle in a haystack"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎidǐlāozhēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi² dai² laau⁴ zam¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hái-tóe-lô-chiam"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎidǐlāozhēn [Phonetic:háidǐlāozhēn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎidǐlaojhen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hai³-ti³-lao¹-chên¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎi-dǐ-lāu-jēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haediilhaujen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хайдилаочжэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xajdilaočžɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hói dái làauh jām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi² dai² laau⁴ dzam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi² dei² lao⁴ zem¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hái-tóe-lô-chiam"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hái-tué-lô-tsiam"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hay'doefloiciafm"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: háidǐlāozhēn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "大海撈針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "海底撈針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "水底撈針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "東海撈針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "大海裡撈針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "大海撈針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "海底撈針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "海底撈針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "大海撈針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "海底摸針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Pingtung"
      ],
      "word": "海底摸針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "海底摸針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung"
      ],
      "word": "海底摸針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "海底摸針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin"
      ],
      "word": "海底摸針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "海底摸針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "海底摸針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "大海摸針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "海底摸針"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "大海摸針"
    },
    {
      "word": "大海撈針"
    },
    {
      "word": "水底撈針"
    },
    {
      "word": "東海撈針"
    },
    {
      "word": "Beijing"
    },
    {
      "word": "大海裡撈針"
    },
    {
      "word": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hong Kong"
    },
    {
      "alt": "N. Sixian",
      "word": "Miaoli"
    },
    {
      "word": "海底摸針"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Neipu; S. Sixian",
      "word": "Pingtung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Dabu",
        "Dongshi"
      ],
      "word": "Taichung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "Yunlin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fuzhou"
    },
    {
      "word": "Xiamen"
    },
    {
      "word": "大海摸針"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tainan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "海底撈針"
}

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