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海绵

hǎi mián

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 海綿

海绵 (hǎi mián) means "sponge (zoology); sponge (piece of absorbent material, either natural or made from plastic etc); foam rubber". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 海绵 means

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

The characters in 海绵

• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 绵miánsilk floss; continuous; soft

Example sentences

• 海绵吸水。
  Hǎimián xīshuǐ.
  A sponge absorbs water.
• 萨米喜欢海绵宝宝。
  Sami likes Spongebob.
• 萨米是海绵宝宝粉丝。
  Sami is a SpongeBob fan.
• 萨米是海绵宝宝的粉丝。
  Sami is a SpongeBob fan.
• 海绵宝宝和派大星是好朋友。
  SpongeBob and Patrick are friends.
• 这让我想起一集《海绵宝宝》。
  That reminds me of a Spongebob episode.

Words starting with 海绵

• 海绵状hǎi mián zhuàngspongy
• 海绵体hǎi mián tǐerectile tissue (genital); corpus cavernosum
• 海绵宝宝Hǎi mián Bǎo bǎoSpongeBob SquarePants (US animated TV series, 1999–)
• 海绵蛋糕hǎi mián dàn gāosponge cake

Words containing 海绵

• 牛海绵状脑病niú hǎi mián zhuàng nǎo bìngbovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE; mad cow disease

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