鹹酸

Chinese

		salty	sour; sore; ache sour; sore; ache; acid
trad. (鹹酸)		鹹	酸
simp. (咸酸)		咸	酸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiánsuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haam⁴ syun¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiâm-sng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ghe-soe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiánsuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siánsuan
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-suan¹
    • Yale: syán-swān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyansuan
    • Palladius: сяньсуань (sjanʹsuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ su̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haam⁴ syun¹
    • Yale: hàahm syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haam⁴ syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ham⁴ xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːm²¹ syːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâm-sng
    • Tâi-lô: kiâm-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiamsngf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiam²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam¹³⁻²² sŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiam²⁴⁻¹¹ sŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam²³⁻³³ sŋ̍⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ghe-soe
    • MiniDict: ghe^去 soe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhe-soe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦe²² sø⁴⁴/

Adjective

鹹酸

1. salty and sour
2. (dialectal Wu) salty and flavorful; well seasoned

Noun

鹹酸

1. (dialectal Wu, Min) side dish; meat and vegetable dishes
2. (Dongguan Cantonese) sour pickled food

Synonyms

• (dish):

Dialectal synonyms of 菜 (“dish; vegetable or meat dish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		菜餚, 菜品, 菜蔬
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	菜
	Taiwan	菜
	Singapore	菜
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	菜
	Jinan	菜
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	菜
	Wuhan	菜
	Guiyang	下飯菜
	Guilin	菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	菜
	Hefei	菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	餸, 餸菜
	Hong Kong	餸, 餸菜
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	餸菜
	Macau	餸
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	餸
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	餸
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	餸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	餸
	Foshan	餸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	餸
	Foshan (Shunde)	餸
	Foshan (Sanshui)	餸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	餸
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	餸
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	餸
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	餸
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	餸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	餸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	餸
	Taishan	餸, 餸菜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	餸
	Enping (Niujiang)	餸
	Heshan (Yayao)	餸
	Dongguan	餸
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	餸
	Yangjiang	餸
	Beihai	餸
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	菜
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	菜
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	菜
	Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)	菜餸
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	餸
	Singapore (Guangfu)	餸
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	餸
	Móng Cái	菜
Gan	Nanchang	菜
Hakka	Meixian	菜
Jin	Taiyuan	菜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	菜
	Songxi	菜
	Jianyang	菜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	配
	Gutian	配飯菜
	Fuding	乇配
Southern Min	Xiamen	物配, 菜配, 菜
	Quanzhou	物配, 菜
	Yongchun	菜
	Zhangzhou	物配
	Singapore (Hokkien)	物配, 菜配
	Manila (Hokkien)	物配
	Longyan	配
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	配
	Chaozhou	物配
	Jieyang	物配
	Leizhou	物配, 配
Puxian Min	Putian	物配
Central Min	Yong'an	菜
	Sanming (Shaxian)	配
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	配
Wu	Shanghai	小菜
	Suzhou	小菜
	Jiaxing	鹹酸
	Shaoxing	下飯
	Ningbo	下飯, 菜蔬, 小菜 rare
	Zhoushan	下飯, 菜蔬, 小菜 rare
	Wenzhou	配, 餚配
Xiang	Changsha	菜
	Shuangfeng	菜

Derived terms

• 鹹酸桃／咸酸桃
• 鹹酸甜／咸酸甜 (xiánsuāntián)
• 鹹酸甜草／咸酸甜草
• 鹹酸粥／咸酸粥
• 鹹酸菜／咸酸菜
• 鹹酸飯／咸酸饭