海參 (hoi2 sam1) — sea cucumber; sea slug; trepang -- actually not a cucumber, but an animal with a long tube-shaped body (believe it or not, it's actually related to a starfish); it is considered by the Chinese to be a delicacy in Cantonese
hoiˊ²海samˉ¹參简 海参
Mandarin Pinyin: hai3 shen1
Meaning of 海參
nounsea cucumber; sea slug; trepang -- actually not a cucumber, but an animal with a long tube-shaped body (believe it or not, it's actually related to a starfish); it is considered by the Chinese to be a delicacy