鹹水妹
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Chinese[edit]
salt water; brine; Hong Kong dollar | younger sister | ||
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trad. (鹹水妹) | 鹹水 | 妹 | |
simp. (咸水妹) | 咸水 | 妹 |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): haam4 seoi2 mui6-1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiâm-chúi-mūi
- Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): 6ghe-sy-me
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siánshuěimèi
- Wade–Giles: hsien2-shui3-mei4
- Yale: syán-shwěi-mèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanshoeimey
- Palladius: сяньшуймэй (sjanʹšujmɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: haam4 seoi2 mui6-1
- Yale: hàahm séui mūi
- Cantonese Pinyin: haam4 soey2 mui6-1
- Guangdong Romanization: ham4 sêu2 mui6-1
- Sinological IPA (key): /haːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ muːi̯²²⁻⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâm-chúi-mūi
- Tâi-lô: kiâm-tsuí-muī
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiamzuymui
- IPA (Xiamen): /kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muĩ²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Wu
Noun[edit]
鹹水妹
- (historical, derogatory) prostitute serving foreigners (arriving from the sea), especially one in colonial Shanghai and Hong Kong