樽鹽

Chinese

		bottle; classifier	salt
trad. (樽鹽)		樽	鹽
simp. (樽盐)		樽	盐
Literally: “a bottle of salt”.

Etymology

Pun on near-homophonous 尊嚴／尊严 (zyun¹ jim⁴).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon¹ jim⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon¹ jim⁴
    • Yale: jēun yìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen¹ jim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên¹ yim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn⁵⁵ jiːm²¹/

Noun

樽鹽

1. (Cantonese, humorous) dignity