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Chinese
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
- salt water; brine
- (Cantonese, dated) Hong Kong dollar
- (Cantonese) overseas remittance (often of overseas Chinese)
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) water for flushing toilets
Synonyms
- (salt water): 鹽水／盐水 (yánshuǐ)
- (Hong Kong dollar):
Dialectal synonyms of
港幣 (“Hong Kong dollar”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
港幣, 港元, 港圓
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| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
港紙 argot, 港子 argot
|
| Taiwan
|
港幣
|
| Singapore
|
港幣
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Liuzhou
|
港紙
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| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
港紙, 香港紙, 鹹龍 dated, 鹹水 dated, 西紙 dated
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| Hong Kong
|
港幣, 港紙, 港銀
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| 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, Xiangzhou)
|
港紙
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
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
Noun
鹹水 • (kansui)
- salt water