唔鹹唔淡

Chinese

		hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	salty	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in colour; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen
trad. (唔鹹唔淡)		唔	鹹	唔	淡
simp. (唔咸唔淡)		唔	咸	唔	淡
Literally: “neither salty nor tame”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴ haam⁴ m⁴ taam⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: m⁴ haam⁴ m⁴ taam⁵
    • Yale: m̀h hàahm m̀h táahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ haam⁴ m⁴ taam⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ ham⁴ m⁴ tam⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ haːm²¹ m̩²¹ tʰaːm¹³/

Adjective

唔鹹唔淡

1. (Cantonese, of one's speech) with a nonstandard or non-native accent

   唔鹹唔淡嘅普通話 [Cantonese, trad.]
   唔咸唔淡嘅普通话 [Cantonese, simp.]

   m⁴ haam⁴ m⁴ taam⁵ ge³ pou² tung¹ waa^6-2 [Jyutping]

   Putonghua with a nonstandard accent