鹹水歌

Chinese

		salt water; brine; Hong Kong dollar	song
trad. (鹹水歌)		鹹水	歌
simp. (咸水歌)		咸水	歌
alternative forms		咸水歌
Literally: “salt water song”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiánshuǐgē

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haam⁴ seoi² go¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiánshuǐgē
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siánshuěige
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-shui³-ko¹
    • Yale: syán-shwěi-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanshoeige
    • Palladius: сяньшуйгэ (sjanʹšujgɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haam⁴ seoi² go¹
    • Yale: hàahm séui gō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haam⁴ soey² go¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ham⁴ sêu² go¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

鹹水歌

1. a kind of Tanka folk song; salt-water song

Descendants

• → English: salt-water song (calque)