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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
半鹹淡
- (Eastern Min) "Half Fuzhou dialect and half Mandarin", i.e. Fuzhou dialect spoken by a non-native, or Standard Mandarin spoken by a native Fuzhounese.
我福州儂講普通話，半鹹淡會乞汝笑。 [Eastern Min, trad.]
我福州侬讲普通话，半咸淡会乞汝笑。 [Eastern Min, simp.]- nguāi Hók-ciŭ-nè̤ng gōng pū-tŭng-uâ, buáng-gèng-dâng â̤ ké̤ṳk nṳ̄ chiéu. / [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
- Please excuse my poor Mandarin level; I am Fuzhounese and my Mandarin is non-standard.
- (Eastern Min) A person who speaks nonstandard Fuzhou dialect or Mandarin.
Adjective
半鹹淡
- (Hakka) half salty and half insipid; not salty enough
- (Hakka) to have a smattering of knowledge about something; to be a non-expert
- (Cantonese, of language mastery) bad; low-quality; non-standard
Synonyms
- (to be a non-expert): 半桶水 (bàntǒngshuǐ)
- (non-standard): 唔鹹唔淡／唔咸唔淡, 半桶水 (bàntǒngshuǐ)