鹹水

See also: 咸水

Chinese

salty water; river
trad. (鹹水)
simp. (咸水)

Pronunciation


Noun

鹹水

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 港幣 (“Hong Kong dollar”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 港幣, 港元
Mandarin Beijing 港幣
Taiwan 港幣
Liuzhou 港紙
Cantonese Guangzhou 港紙, 鹹龍 dated, 鹹水 dated, 西紙 dated
Hong Kong 港幣, 港紙
Foshan 港紙
Shunde 港紙
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 港紙
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 港紙
Taishan 港紙, 鹹龍
Kaiping (Chikan) 港紙, 鹹龍
Dongguan 港紙
Hakka Meixian 港紙
Min Nan Xiamen 港紙, 港幣
Quanzhou 港幣
Zhangzhou 港紙, 港幣
Philippines (Manila) 港幣
Shantou 港紙
Pinghua Nanning 港紙, 港幣

Antonyms

  • (salt water): 淡水 (dànshuǐ)

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Hyōgaiji
すい
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

鹹水 (hiragana かんすい, rōmaji kansui)

  1. salt water
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