鹹水

See also: 咸水

Contents

ChineseEdit

		salty	water; river
trad. (鹹水)		鹹	水
simp. (咸水)		咸	水

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiánshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haam⁴ seoi²
• Min Nan (POJ): kiâm-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
    • Pinyin: xiánshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanshoei
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 涎水 鹹水／咸水

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haam⁴ seoi²
    • Yale: hàahm séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haam⁴ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ham⁴ sêu²
    • IPA ^(key): /hɑːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâm-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: kiâm-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiamzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/

NounEdit

鹹水

1. salt water; brine
2. (Cantonese, dated) Hong Kong dollar
3. (Cantonese) overseas remittance (often of overseas Chinese)

SynonymsEdit

• (salt water): 鹽水／盐水 (yánshuǐ)
• (Hong Kong dollar): 港幣／港币 (gǎngbì), 港元 (gǎngyuán), 港紙／港纸, 鹹龍／咸龙, 西紙／西纸

Derived termsEdit

• 半鹹水湖／半咸水湖
• 鹹水妹／咸水妹 (xiánshuǐmèi)
• 鹹水歌／咸水歌
• 鹹水湖／咸水湖 (xiánshuǐhú)
• 鹹水草／咸水草

• 鹹水角／咸水角 (xiánshuǐjiǎo)
• 鹹水話／咸水话
• 鹹水貨／咸水货
• 鹹水魚／咸水鱼

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JapaneseEdit

Kanji in this term
鹹	水
かん Hyōgaiji	すい Grade: 1
on’yomi

NounEdit

鹹水 (hiragana かんすい, rōmaji kansui)

1. salt water