# 海星
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hǎixīng
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi$^2$ sing$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-chhiⁿ / hái-chheⁿ / hái-seng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǎixīng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǎising
*** Wade–Giles: hai$^3$-hsing$^1$
*** Yale: hǎi-syīng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeshing
*** Palladius: хайсин (xajsin)
*** Sinological IPA : /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hoi$^2$ sing$^1$
*** Yale: hói sīng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hoi$^2$ sing$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hoi$^2$ xing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːi̯³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Taipei, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chhiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: hái-tshinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: haychvy
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /hai⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /hai⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Lukang): /hai⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sʰĩ³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Singapore, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chheⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: hái-tshenn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hayzhvef
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Yilan, Tainan): /hai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /hai⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Penang): /hai⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡sʰɛ̃³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-seng
*** Tâi-lô: hái-sing
*** Phofsit Daibuun: haysefng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

### Noun

海星
* starfish; sea star
* (Mainland China, Internet slang) Alternative form of 還行／还行 (hái xíng, “still acceptable”)

#### Synonyms

* (dialectal Mandarin) 海盤纏／海盘缠
* (Wenzhou) 星魚／星鱼, 五角魚／五角鱼

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 海 | 星 |
| ひとで ||
| Grade: 2 | Grade: 2 |
| jukujikun ||
* Alternative spellings
* 海星 (kyūjitai) 人手 海盤車 (rare)

### Etymology

From 人(ひと)手(で) (hitode, literally “human hand”). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 海星 (hǎixīng, literally “sea star”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひとで [hìtódé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [çi̥to̞de̞]

### Noun

海星(ひとで) or 海星(ヒトデ) • (hitode)
* a starfish; a sea star
** 1999 February 4, “ヒトデンチャク [Starnemone]”, in Vol.1, Konami:
    汚(お)染(せん)された水(みず)で狂(きょう)暴(ぼう)化(か)したヒトデ。口(くち)から溶(よう)解(かい)液(えき)をはく。
       Osen sareta mizu de kyōbōka shita hitode. Kuchi kara yōkaieki o haku.
       A frenzied starfish dwelling in polluted water. It spits liquefying fluid from its mouth.
** 1999 May 27, “アーマード・スターフィッシュ [Armored Starfish]”, in Vol.3, Konami:
    表(ひょう)面(めん)がかたく守(しゅ)備(び)力(りょく)が比(ひ)較(かく)的(てき)高(たか)い、青(あお)っぽいヒトデ。
       Hyōmen ga kataku shubiryoku ga hikakuteki takai, aoppoi hitode.
       A bluish starfish that looks like it should have relatively high defense strength.

#### Derived terms

* 糸(イト)巻(マキ)海星(ヒトデ) (itomaki hitode)
* 蜘蛛(クモ)海星(ヒトデ) (kumo hitode, “brittle star”)

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN