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

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
Dialectal synonyms of 港幣 (“Hong Kong dollar”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 港幣, 港元, 港圓
Mandarin Beijing 港紙 argot, 港子 argot
Taiwan 港幣
Liuzhou 港紙
Singapore 港幣
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) 港紙
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
Conghua (Lütian) 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

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

Noun

鹹(かん)水(すい) • (kansui) 

  1. salt water
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