hǎi​mián HSK7

sponge

海绵 (海綿) hǎi​mián
sponge noun
a soft, porous, absorbent material made from synthetic polymers or cellulose, such as foam rubber, used for cleaning or padding

Please give me a sponge to wipe away the water stains on the table.

sea sponge noun
a primitive aquatic multicellular animal of the phylum Porifera, or its dried porous skeleton

Scientists discovered a new type of sponge in the deep sea.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
3.64 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
5.70 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 7

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