退鹹

退鹹

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	salty
trad. (退鹹)		退	鹹
simp. (退咸)		退	咸

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): thè-kiâm / thèr-kiâm

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-kiâm
    • Tâi-lô: thè-kiâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tea'kiaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ kiam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ kiam¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thèr-kiâm
    • Tâi-lô: thèr-kiâm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiam²⁴/

Verb

退鹹

1. (Min Nan) to reduce the saltiness (usually through dilution)