鹹魚

鹹魚

See also: 咸鱼

Chinese

		salty	fish
trad. (鹹魚)		鹹	魚
simp. (咸鱼)		咸	鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiányú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): haam⁴ jyu^4-2, haam⁴ jyu⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ham³ ngui^3-4

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hàm-ǹg
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiâm-hî / kiâm-hû / kiâm-hîr

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giam⁵ he⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): hhe hhngg (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiányú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siányú
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-yü²
    • Yale: syán-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanyu
    • Palladius: сяньюй (sjanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn³⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haam⁴ jyu^4-2, haam⁴ jyu⁴
    • Yale: hàahm yú, hàahm yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haam⁴ jy^4-2, haam⁴ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ham⁴ yu^4-2, ham⁴ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːm²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/, /haːm²¹ jyː²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ham³ ngui^3-4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ham²² ᵑɡui²²⁻²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàm-ǹg
    • Hakka Romanization System: hamˇ ngˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ham² ng²
    • Sinological IPA: /ham¹¹ ŋ̍¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Hsinchu, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâm-hî
    • Tâi-lô: kiâm-hî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiamhii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam²³⁻³³ hi²³/
    • IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /kiam²⁴⁻³³ hi²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kiam²⁴⁻²² hi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam¹³⁻²² hi¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Magong, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâm-hû
    • Tâi-lô: kiâm-hû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiamhuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiam²⁴⁻¹¹ hu²⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /kiam²³⁻²¹ hu²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâm-hîr
    • Tâi-lô: kiâm-hîr
    • IPA (Singapore): /kiam²⁴⁻²¹ hɯ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /kiam²⁴⁻¹² hɯ²⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /kiam²⁴⁻²² hɨ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam²⁴⁻²² hɯ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giam⁵ he⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiâm hṳ̂
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hɯ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhe hhngg (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦe̞²² ɦŋ̍⁴⁴/

Noun

鹹魚

1. salted fish
2. (Cantonese, colloquial) zombie; corpse
3. (Hong Kong Cantonese) passenger (bus-driver jargon)

Synonyms

• (salted fish): 醃魚／腌鱼 (yānyú)

Derived terms

老貓鼻子上掛鹹魚／老猫鼻子上挂咸鱼 買鹹魚放生／买咸鱼放生 食得鹹魚抵得渴／食得咸鱼抵得渴

鹹魚翻生／咸鱼翻生 鹹魚翻身／咸鱼翻身 (xiányú fānshēn) 鹹魚返生／咸鱼返生