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
(Pinyin): xiánshuǐmèi

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haam⁴ seoi² mui^6-1
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiâm-chúi-mūi
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶ghe-sy-me

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiánshuǐmèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siánshuěimèi
  - Wade–Giles: hsien²-shui³-mei⁴
  - Yale: syán-shwěi-mèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanshoeimey
  - Palladius: сяньшуймэй (sjanʹšujmɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haam⁴ seoi² mui^6-1
  - Yale: hàahm séui mūi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haam⁴ soey² mui^6-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: ham⁴ sêu² mui^6-1
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ muːi̯²²⁻⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâm-chúi-mūi
  - Tâi-lô: kiâm-tsuí-muī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiamzuymui
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muĩ²²/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶ghe-sy-me
  - MiniDict: ghe^去 sy me
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhe-sr-me
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦe²² sz̩⁵⁵ me²¹/

Noun

鹹水妹

(historical, derogatory) prostitute serving foreigners (arriving from the sea), especially one in colonial Shanghai and Hong Kong

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