半鹹淡

半鹹淡

See also: 半咸淡

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	saltiness; degree of saltiness
trad. (半鹹淡)		半	鹹淡
simp. (半咸淡)		半	咸淡

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ haam⁴ taam⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pan-hàm-thâm
• Min Dong (BUC): buáng-gèng-dâng

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ haam⁴ taam⁵
    • Yale: bun hàahm táahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ haam⁴ taam⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ ham⁴ tam⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ häːm²¹ tʰäːm¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pan-hàm-thâm
    • Hakka Romanization System: ban hamˇ tam´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ban⁴ ham² tam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pan⁵⁵ ham¹¹ tʰam²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: buáng-gèng-dâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puaŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋɛiŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t-)nɑŋ²⁴²/

Noun

半鹹淡

1. (Min Dong) "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。 [Min Dong, trad.]
   我福州侬讲普通话，半咸淡会乞汝笑。 [Min Dong, simp.]

   Nguāi Hók-ciŭ-nè̤ng gōng pū-tŭng-uâ, buáng-gèng-dâng â̤ ké̤ṳk nṳ̄ chiéu. / [ŋuai³³ huʔ²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sieu⁵⁵ nˡøyŋ⁵³ kouŋ³³ pʰu³³⁻²¹ ^(tʰ-)luŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(Ø-)ŋuɑ²⁴² puaŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋɛiŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t-)nɑŋ²⁴² ɑ²⁴² kʰøyʔ²⁴ nˡy³³ t͡sʰiɛu²¹³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

   Please excuse my poor Mandarin level; I am Fuzhounese and my Mandarin is non-standard.

2. (Min Dong) A person who speaks nonstandard Fuzhou dialect or Mandarin.

Adjective

半鹹淡

1. (Hakka) half salty and half insipid; not salty enough
2. (Hakka) to have a smattering of knowledge about something; to be a non-expert
3. (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)