海绵 meaning in English

hǎimián

(zoology) sea sponge; (esp.) dried sea sponge

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 海綿21 strokes

Meaning of 海绵

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hǎimián
  1. (zoology) sea sponge
  2. (esp.) dried sea sponge
  3. sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc)
  4. foam rubber

海绵 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

海hǎi绵mián宝bǎo宝bǎo立lì刻kè让ràng大dà卫wèi想xiǎng到dào了le童tóng年nián。
Spongebob immediately reminded David of his childhood.
海hǎi绵mián宝bǎo宝bǎo和hé章zhāng鱼yú哥gē去qù看kàn望wàng派pài大dà星xīng。
SpongeBob and Squidward went to visit Patrick Star.
萨sà米mǐ是shì海hǎi绵mián宝bǎo宝bǎo迷mí。
Sami is a SpongeBob fan.
我wǒ周zhōu末mò又yòu待dài在zài家jiā,看kàn《海hǎi绵mián宝bǎo宝bǎo》和hé《叔shū比bǐ狗gǒu》。
I stay home at the weekend as usual, watching SpongeBob and Scooby-Doo.
这zhè让ràng我wǒ想xiǎng起qǐ一yī集jí《海hǎi绵mián宝bǎo宝bǎo》。
That reminds me of a Spongebob episode.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

海 hǎi · ocean · 10 strokes

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绵 mián · continuous · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 海绵.

大海dàhǎisea; ocean
海边hǎi biāncoast; seaside; seashore; beach
海关hǎiguāncustoms (i.e. border crossing inspection)
海水hǎishuǐseawater
海鲜hǎixiānseafood
海洋hǎiyángocean
海军hǎijūnnavy
海底hǎidǐseabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean
海外hǎiwàioverseas; abroad
海报hǎibàoposter; playbill
海湾hǎiwānbay; gulf
海浪hǎilàngsea wave

Questions about 海绵

What does 海绵 mean?

海绵 (hǎimián) means "(zoology) sea sponge; (esp.) dried sea sponge" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 海绵?

海绵 is made of 2 characters: 海 (10 strokes), 绵 (11 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 海绵 an HSK word?

Yes. 海绵 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 海绵 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 海绵 is written 海綿.