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

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• 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

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