鹹水

See also: 咸水

Chinese

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

Etymology

“overseas remittance”

In the past when airplanes were not popular, people travelled abroad by ships across the sea, i.e. salty water.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiánshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haam⁴ seoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiâm-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiánshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siánshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-shui³
    • Yale: syán-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanshoei
    • Palladius: сяньшуй (sjanʹšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haam⁴ seoi²
    • Yale: hàahm séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haam⁴ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ham⁴ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (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/

Noun

鹹水

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

Synonyms

• (salt water): 鹽水／盐水 (yánshuǐ)
• (Hong Kong dollar):

Dialectal synonyms of 港幣 (“Hong Kong dollar”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		港幣, 港元, 港圓
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	港紙 argot, 港子 argot
	Taiwan	港幣
	Singapore	港幣
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	港紙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	港紙, 香港紙, 鹹龍 dated, 鹹水 dated, 西紙 dated
	Hong Kong	港幣, 港紙, 港銀
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	港紙
	Macau	港紙, 港幣
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	港紙
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	港紙
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	港紙
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	港紙, 鹹龍
	Foshan	港紙
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	港紙
	Foshan (Shunde)	港紙
	Foshan (Sanshui)	港紙
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	港紙
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	港紙
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	港紙
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	港紙
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	港紙
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	港紙, 鹹龍
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	港紙
	Taishan	港紙, 鹹龍, 港幣
	Kaiping (Chikan)	港紙, 鹹龍
	Enping (Niujiang)	港紙, 鹹龍
	Heshan (Yayao)	港紙
	Dongguan	港紙, 鹹龍 dated
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	港紙
Hakka	Meixian	港紙
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	港紙, 鹹龍 dated
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	港紙
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	港幣
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	港紙
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	港紙
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	港幣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	港幣
Southern Min	Xiamen	港紙, 港幣
	Quanzhou	港幣
	Zhangzhou	港紙, 港幣
	Tainan	港票
	Singapore (Hokkien)	香港鐳
	Manila (Hokkien)	港幣
	Shantou	港紙
	Haifeng	港紙
	Wenchang	港幣
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	港紙, 港幣

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “salt water”): 淡水 (dànshuǐ)

Derived terms

• 半鹹水湖／半咸水湖
• 浸鹹水／浸咸水
• 鹹水妹／咸水妹 (xiánshuǐmèi)
• 鹹水歌／咸水歌 (xiánshuǐgē)
• 鹹水海／咸水海 (xiánshuǐhǎi)
• 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
• 鹹水錢／咸水钱
• 鹹水魚／咸水鱼 (xiánshuǐyú)
• 鹹水鱷／咸水鳄 (xiánshuǐ'è)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鹹	水
かん Hyōgai	すい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

鹹(かん)水(すい) • (kansui) 

1. salt water