"鹹水" meaning in Chinese

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Noun

IPA: /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /haːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /kiam¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /kiam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /kiam²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /haːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/, /kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/, /kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/, /kiam¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/, /kiam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/, /kiam²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/ Chinese transliterations: xiánshuǐ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], haam⁴ seoi² [Cantonese, Jyutping], kiâm-chúi, xiánshuǐ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], siánshuěi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], hsien²-shui³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], syán-shwěi [Mandarin, Yale, standard], shyanshoei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], сяньшуй [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sjanʹšuj [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], hàahm séui [Cantonese, Yale], haam⁴ soey² [Cantonese, Pinyin], ham⁴ sêu² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], kiâm-chúi [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], kiâm-tsuí [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], kiamzuie [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 咸水, 咸水
Etymology: ;“overseas remittance” Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 鹹水
  1. salt water; brine Synonyms (salt water): 鹽水 (yánshuǐ), 盐水 (yánshuǐ)
    Sense id: en-鹹水-zh-noun-yJHmka4U Categories (other): Water Disambiguation of Water: 26 32 12 31 Disambiguation of 'salt water': 94 0 0 6
  2. (Cantonese, dated) Hong Kong dollar Tags: Cantonese, dated
    Sense id: en-鹹水-zh-noun-4y0vwIZg Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Water Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 32 39 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 42 26 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 39 29 31 Disambiguation of Water: 26 32 12 31 Synonyms (Hong Kong dollar): 港幣, 港元, 港圓, Beijing, 港紙 argot, 港子 argot, Taiwan, Singapore, Liuzhou, 港紙, Guangzhou, 香港紙, 鹹龍 dated, 鹹水 dated, 西紙 dated, Hong Kong, 港銀, Hong Kong (alt: Kam Tin; Weitou), Macau, Guangzhou [Panyu], Guangzhou [Huadu, Huashan], Guangzhou [Conghua], Guangzhou [Zengcheng], 鹹龍, Foshan, Foshan [Nanhai, Shatou], Foshan [Shunde], Foshan [Sanshui], Foshan [Gaoming, Mingcheng], Zhongshan [Shiqi], Zhuhai (alt: Xiangzhou) [Qianshan], Zhuhai (alt: Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka), Zhuhai [Doumen], Jiangmen [Baisha], Jiangmen [Xinhui], Taishan, Kaiping [Chikan], Enping [Niujiang], Heshan [Yayao], Dongguan, Shenzhen [Bao'an, Shajing], Meixian, Huizhou (alt: Huicheng; Bendihua), Dongguan [Qingxi], Shenzhen [Shatoujiao], Zhongshan (alt: Nanlang Heshui), Guangzhou [Conghua, Lütian], Miaoli (alt: N. Sixian), Hsinchu County [Hailu, Zhudong], Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tainan, 港票, Singapore [Hokkien], 香港鐳, Manila [Hokkien], Shantou, Haifeng, Wenchang, Nanning [Tingzi] Disambiguation of 'Hong Kong dollar': 0 86 10 4
  3. (Cantonese) overseas remittance (often of overseas Chinese) Tags: Cantonese
    Sense id: en-鹹水-zh-noun-G4t0Sm~C Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Water Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 32 39 28 Disambiguation of Water: 26 32 12 31
  4. (Hong Kong Cantonese) water for flushing toilets Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-鹹水-zh-noun-Gp9f~Ra8 Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Water Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 32 39 28 Disambiguation of Water: 26 32 12 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 半鹹水湖, 半咸水湖, 浸鹹水, 浸咸水, 鹹水妹 (xiánshuǐmèi), 咸水妹 (xiánshuǐmèi), 鹹水歌 (xiánshuǐgē), 咸水歌 (xiánshuǐgē), 鹹水海 (xiánshuǐhǎi), 咸水海 (xiánshuǐhǎi), 鹹水湖 (xiánshuǐhú), 咸水湖 (xiánshuǐhú), 鹹水草, 咸水草, 鹹水角 (xiánshuǐjiǎo), 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 (xiánshuǐyú), 咸水鱼 (xiánshuǐyú), 鹹水鱷 (xiánshuǐ'è), 咸水鳄 (xiánshuǐ'è)
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "dànshuǐ",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “salt water”",
      "word": "淡水"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "半鹹水湖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "半咸水湖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "浸鹹水"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "浸咸水"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiánshuǐmèi",
      "word": "鹹水妹"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiánshuǐmèi",
      "word": "咸水妹"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiánshuǐgē",
      "word": "鹹水歌"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiánshuǐgē",
      "word": "咸水歌"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiánshuǐhǎi",
      "word": "鹹水海"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiánshuǐhǎi",
      "word": "咸水海"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiánshuǐhú",
      "word": "鹹水湖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiánshuǐhú",
      "word": "咸水湖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "鹹水草"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "咸水草"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiánshuǐjiǎo",
      "word": "鹹水角"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiánshuǐjiǎo",
      "word": "咸水角"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "鹹水話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "咸水话"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "鹹水貨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "咸水货"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "鹹水錢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "咸水钱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiánshuǐyú",
      "word": "鹹水魚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiánshuǐyú",
      "word": "咸水鱼"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiánshuǐ'è",
      "word": "鹹水鱷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiánshuǐ'è",
      "word": "咸水鳄"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": ";“overseas remittance”",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "咸水",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "咸水"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "鹹水",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 32 12 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Water",
          "orig": "zh:Water",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "salt water; brine"
      ],
      "id": "en-鹹水-zh-noun-yJHmka4U",
      "links": [
        [
          "salt water",
          "salt water"
        ],
        [
          "brine",
          "brine"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "94 0 0 6",
          "roman": "yánshuǐ",
          "sense": "salt water",
          "word": "鹽水"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 0 0 6",
          "roman": "yánshuǐ",
          "sense": "salt water",
          "word": "盐水"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 32 39 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 42 26 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 39 29 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 32 12 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Water",
          "orig": "zh:Water",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hong Kong dollar"
      ],
      "id": "en-鹹水-zh-noun-4y0vwIZg",
      "links": [
        [
          "Hong Kong dollar",
          "Hong Kong dollar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese, dated) Hong Kong dollar"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "港幣"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "港元"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "港圓"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Beijing"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "港紙 argot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "港子 argot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Taiwan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Singapore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Liuzhou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "港紙"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Guangzhou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "香港紙"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "鹹龍 dated"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "鹹水 dated"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "西紙 dated"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Hong Kong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "港銀"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "alt": "Kam Tin; Weitou",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Hong Kong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Macau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Panyu"
          ],
          "word": "Guangzhou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Huadu",
            "Huashan"
          ],
          "word": "Guangzhou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Conghua"
          ],
          "word": "Guangzhou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Zengcheng"
          ],
          "word": "Guangzhou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "鹹龍"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Foshan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Nanhai",
            "Shatou"
          ],
          "word": "Foshan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Shunde"
          ],
          "word": "Foshan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Sanshui"
          ],
          "word": "Foshan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Gaoming",
            "Mingcheng"
          ],
          "word": "Foshan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Shiqi"
          ],
          "word": "Zhongshan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "alt": "Xiangzhou",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Qianshan"
          ],
          "word": "Zhuhai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "alt": "Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Zhuhai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Doumen"
          ],
          "word": "Zhuhai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Baisha"
          ],
          "word": "Jiangmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Xinhui"
          ],
          "word": "Jiangmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Taishan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Chikan"
          ],
          "word": "Kaiping"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Niujiang"
          ],
          "word": "Enping"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Yayao"
          ],
          "word": "Heshan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Dongguan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Bao'an",
            "Shajing"
          ],
          "word": "Shenzhen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Meixian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "alt": "Huicheng; Bendihua",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Huizhou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Qingxi"
          ],
          "word": "Dongguan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Shatoujiao"
          ],
          "word": "Shenzhen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "alt": "Nanlang Heshui",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Zhongshan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Conghua",
            "Lütian"
          ],
          "word": "Guangzhou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "alt": "N. Sixian",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Miaoli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Hailu",
            "Zhudong"
          ],
          "word": "Hsinchu County"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Xiamen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Quanzhou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Zhangzhou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Tainan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "港票"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "Singapore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "香港鐳"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "Manila"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Shantou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Haifeng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "word": "Wenchang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 86 10 4",
          "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
          "tags": [
            "Tingzi"
          ],
          "word": "Nanning"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 32 39 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 32 12 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Water",
          "orig": "zh:Water",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "overseas remittance (often of overseas Chinese)"
      ],
      "id": "en-鹹水-zh-noun-G4t0Sm~C",
      "links": [
        [
          "overseas",
          "overseas"
        ],
        [
          "remittance",
          "remittance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) overseas remittance (often of overseas Chinese)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hong Kong Cantonese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 32 39 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 32 12 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Water",
          "orig": "zh:Water",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "water for flushing toilets"
      ],
      "id": "en-鹹水-zh-noun-Gp9f~Ra8",
      "links": [
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ],
        [
          "flushing",
          "flushing"
        ],
        [
          "toilet",
          "toilet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong Cantonese) water for flushing toilets"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiánshuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haam⁴ seoi²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kiâm-chúi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiánshuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siánshuěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsien²-shui³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syán-shwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shyanshoei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяньшуй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjanʹšuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hàahm séui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haam⁴ soey²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham⁴ sêu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiâm-chúi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiâm-tsuí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiamzuie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "鹹水"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "dànshuǐ",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “salt water”",
      "word": "淡水"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 水",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 鹹",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh:Water"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "半鹹水湖"
    },
    {
      "word": "半咸水湖"
    },
    {
      "word": "浸鹹水"
    },
    {
      "word": "浸咸水"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiánshuǐmèi",
      "word": "鹹水妹"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiánshuǐmèi",
      "word": "咸水妹"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiánshuǐgē",
      "word": "鹹水歌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiánshuǐgē",
      "word": "咸水歌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiánshuǐhǎi",
      "word": "鹹水海"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiánshuǐhǎi",
      "word": "咸水海"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiánshuǐhú",
      "word": "鹹水湖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiánshuǐhú",
      "word": "咸水湖"
    },
    {
      "word": "鹹水草"
    },
    {
      "word": "咸水草"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiánshuǐjiǎo",
      "word": "鹹水角"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiánshuǐjiǎo",
      "word": "咸水角"
    },
    {
      "word": "鹹水話"
    },
    {
      "word": "咸水话"
    },
    {
      "word": "鹹水貨"
    },
    {
      "word": "咸水货"
    },
    {
      "word": "鹹水錢"
    },
    {
      "word": "咸水钱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiánshuǐyú",
      "word": "鹹水魚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiánshuǐyú",
      "word": "咸水鱼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiánshuǐ'è",
      "word": "鹹水鱷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiánshuǐ'è",
      "word": "咸水鳄"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": ";“overseas remittance”",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "咸水",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "咸水"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "鹹水",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "salt water; brine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "salt water",
          "salt water"
        ],
        [
          "brine",
          "brine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese Chinese",
        "Chinese dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hong Kong dollar"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Hong Kong dollar",
          "Hong Kong dollar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese, dated) Hong Kong dollar"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese Chinese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "overseas remittance (often of overseas Chinese)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "overseas",
          "overseas"
        ],
        [
          "remittance",
          "remittance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) overseas remittance (often of overseas Chinese)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hong Kong Cantonese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "water for flushing toilets"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ],
        [
          "flushing",
          "flushing"
        ],
        [
          "toilet",
          "toilet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong Cantonese) water for flushing toilets"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiánshuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haam⁴ seoi²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kiâm-chúi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiánshuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siánshuěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsien²-shui³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syán-shwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shyanshoei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяньшуй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjanʹšuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hàahm séui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haam⁴ soey²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham⁴ sêu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiâm-chúi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiâm-tsuí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiamzuie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yánshuǐ",
      "sense": "salt water",
      "word": "鹽水"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yánshuǐ",
      "sense": "salt water",
      "word": "盐水"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "港幣"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "港元"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "港圓"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Beijing"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "港紙 argot"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "港子 argot"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Liuzhou"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "港紙"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Guangzhou"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "香港紙"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "鹹龍 dated"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "鹹水 dated"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "西紙 dated"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Hong Kong"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "港銀"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Kam Tin; Weitou",
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Hong Kong"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Macau"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Panyu"
      ],
      "word": "Guangzhou"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Huadu",
        "Huashan"
      ],
      "word": "Guangzhou"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Conghua"
      ],
      "word": "Guangzhou"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Zengcheng"
      ],
      "word": "Guangzhou"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "鹹龍"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Foshan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Nanhai",
        "Shatou"
      ],
      "word": "Foshan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Shunde"
      ],
      "word": "Foshan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Sanshui"
      ],
      "word": "Foshan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Gaoming",
        "Mingcheng"
      ],
      "word": "Foshan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Shiqi"
      ],
      "word": "Zhongshan"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Xiangzhou",
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Qianshan"
      ],
      "word": "Zhuhai"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka",
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Zhuhai"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Doumen"
      ],
      "word": "Zhuhai"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Baisha"
      ],
      "word": "Jiangmen"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Xinhui"
      ],
      "word": "Jiangmen"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Taishan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Chikan"
      ],
      "word": "Kaiping"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Niujiang"
      ],
      "word": "Enping"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Yayao"
      ],
      "word": "Heshan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Dongguan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Bao'an",
        "Shajing"
      ],
      "word": "Shenzhen"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Meixian"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Huicheng; Bendihua",
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Huizhou"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Qingxi"
      ],
      "word": "Dongguan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Shatoujiao"
      ],
      "word": "Shenzhen"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Nanlang Heshui",
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Zhongshan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Conghua",
        "Lütian"
      ],
      "word": "Guangzhou"
    },
    {
      "alt": "N. Sixian",
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Miaoli"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Xiamen"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Quanzhou"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Zhangzhou"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Tainan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "港票"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "香港鐳"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "Manila"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Shantou"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Haifeng"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "word": "Wenchang"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hong Kong dollar",
      "tags": [
        "Tingzi"
      ],
      "word": "Nanning"
    }
  ],
  "word": "鹹水"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 鹹水 meaning in Chinese (8.5kB)

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}

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