半鹹淡

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Chinese

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half; semi-; incomplete
half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
 
saltiness; degree of saltiness; salty and bland taste
trad. (半鹹淡) 鹹淡
simp. (半咸淡) 咸淡

Pronunciation

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Noun

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半鹹淡

  1. (Eastern Min) "Half Fuzhou dialect and half Mandarin", i.e. Fuzhou dialect spoken by a non-native, or Standard Mandarin spoken by a native Fuzhounese.
    福州儂普通話半鹹淡 [Eastern Min, trad.]
    福州侬普通话半咸淡 [Eastern Min, simp.]
    nguāi Hók-ciŭ-nè̤ng gōng pū-tŭng-uâ, buáng-gèng-dâng â̤ ké̤ṳk nṳ̄ chiéu. / [ŋuai³³ huʔ²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sieu⁵⁵ nˡøyŋ⁵³ kouŋ³³ pʰu³³⁻²¹ (tʰ-)luŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ (Ø-)ŋuɑ²⁴² puaŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ (k-)ŋɛiŋ⁵³⁻²¹ (t-)nɑŋ²⁴² ɑ²⁴² kʰøyʔ²⁴ nˡy³³ t͡sʰiɛu²¹³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
    Please excuse my poor Mandarin level; I am Fuzhounese and my Mandarin is non-standard.
  2. (Eastern Min) A person who speaks nonstandard Fuzhou dialect or Mandarin.

Adjective

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半鹹淡

  1. (Hakka) half salty and half insipid; not salty enough
  2. (Hakka) to have a smattering of knowledge about something; to be a non-expert
  3. (Cantonese, of language mastery) bad; low-quality; non-standard

Synonyms

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