鹹水妹
Chinese
| salt water; brine; Hong Kong dollar | younger sister | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (鹹水妹) | 鹹水 | 妹 | |
| simp. (咸水妹) | 咸水 | 妹 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄟˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanshoeimey
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ meɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: haam4 seoi2 mui6-1
- Yale: hàahm séui mūi
- Cantonese Pinyin: haam4 soey2 mui6-1
- Guangdong Romanization: ham4 sêu2 mui1
- IPA (key): /hɑːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ muːi̯²²⁻⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: hhe sr me (T3)
- IPA (key): /ɦe̞²² sz̩⁵⁵ me̞²¹/
- (Shanghainese)
Noun
鹹水妹
- (historical, pejorative) prostitute serving foreigners (arriving from the sea), especially one in colonial Shanghai
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