# 鹹水海
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiánshuǐhǎi
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄞˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haam$^4$ seoi$^2$ hoi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiánshuǐhǎi [Phonetic: xiánshuíhǎi]
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄞˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siánshuěihǎi
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^2$-shui$^3$-hai$^3$
*** Yale: syán-shwěi-hǎi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanshoeihae
*** Palladius: сяньшуйхай (sjanʹšujxaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haam$^4$ seoi$^2$ hoi$^2$
*** Yale: hàahm séui hói
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haam$^4$ soey$^2$ hoi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ham$^4$ sêu$^2$ hoi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /haːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

### Noun

鹹水海
* (Buddhism) the salt water ocean (the eighth and the outermost ocean in Buddhist worldview)
* (Cantonese) sea
** c. 1963, “釣魚郎”, 唐滌生 [Tang Ti-sheng] (lyrics), performed by 梁醒波 [Leung Sing Poh]:
       lei$^5$ jyu$^{4-2}$ tiu$^3$ lung$^4$ mun$^4$, dong$^1$ jin$^{4-2}$ sing$^1$ gaa$^3$ sap$^6$ pui$^5$; dim$^2$ zi$^1$ jat$^1$ jap$^6$ zo$^2$ haam$^4$ seoi$^2$ hoi$^2$, nei$^5$ lok$^6$ mong$^5$ zau$^6$ wing$^5$ bat$^1$ wui$^4$. [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    From: 2009 (?), 香港重案組黃Sir, 山寨探案實錄 2009-03
    zau$^1$ zung$^6$ kan$^4$ deoi$^3$ zoeng$^1$ paak$^3$ gaam$^3$ syut$^3$: “ngo$^5$ dei$^6$ jau$^5$ maa$^4$ baau$^1$ doi$^{6-2}$, bat$^1$ jyu$^4$ lap$^1$ hei$^2$ go$^3$ neoi$^5$ zai$^2$, deu$^6$ keoi$^5$ lok$^6$ haam$^4$ seoi$^2$ hoi$^2$.” [Jyutping]
    Chau Chung Kan said to Cheung Pak Kam, "We have a burlap sack. What about we put the girl in the bag and throw her into the sea."
    From: 2015 April 10, 薛凱琪海裏放生巴西龜引熱議 網友罵其無知 為其科普放生知識, in 《美南新聞日報》, page C7
    taa$^1$ dik$^1$ fong$^3$ saang$^1$ hang$^4$ wai$^4$ koek$^3$ joeng$^6$ hok$^6$ baa$^3$ mong$^5$ jau$^5$ mun$^4$ bat$^1$ gou$^1$ hing$^3$ liu$^5$, zi$^2$ zaak$^3$ taa$^1$ “zoeng$^1$ taam$^5$ seoi$^2$ gwai$^1$ fong$^3$ lok$^6$ haam$^4$ seoi$^2$ hoi$^2$, faan$^2$ ji$^4$ ling$^6$ wu$^1$ gwai$^1$ sang$^1$ ming$^6$ min$^6$ lam$^4$ wai$^1$ hip$^3$”, gang$^3$ maa$^6$ taa$^1$ mou$^4$ zi$^1$. [Jyutping]
    Her act of releasing animals to the wild made brainiac netizens unhappy. They criticized her of "putting freshwater turtles into the sea, which would actually threaten the turtles' life", and scolded her for being ignorant.
    From: 2018, 顧日凡, 《錦瑟》, Taipei: 要有光, →ISBN, page 194
    gaa$^1$ leoi$^5$ dik$^1$ jan$^4$ jaa$^5$ zi$^1$ dou$^3$ taa$^1$ si$^6$ tiu$^3$ haam$^4$ seoi$^2$ hoi$^2$ sei$^2$ dik$^1$, taa$^1$ waai$^4$ zoek$^6$ ngaa$^5$ ting$^4$ siu$^2$ ze$^2$ dik$^1$ si$^4$ hau$^6$ zing$^2$ tin$^1$ wat$^1$ wat$^1$ gwaa$^2$ fun$^1$, leoi$^6$ lau$^4$ mun$^5$ lim$^5$, mun$^5$ waai$^4$ sam$^1$ si$^6$. [Jyutping]
    Her family also knew she died from jumping into the sea. When she was pregnant with Ms. Nga Ting, she was depressed all day, with tears streaming down her face and worries filling her mind.
* (Cantonese, figurative) waste (as in go to waste)
    From: 2011, 王師奶, 《倒瀉籮蟹的香港教育》, Hong Kong: 明窗出版社, →ISBN, page 41
    “tai$^2$ bo$^1$ bat$^1$ dou$^2$ bo$^1$”, jat$^1$ fong$^1$ min$^6$ jau$^6$ wo$^4$ maa$^5$ wui$^{6-2}$ tin$^1$ ji$^1$ mou$^4$ fung$^4$ dei$^6$ “ji$^5$ san$^1$ zok$^3$ zak$^1$”, fong$^1$ bin$^6$ si$^5$ man$^4$ lok$^6$ zyu$^3$, baa$^2$ saam$^1$ baak$^3$ maan$^6$ jyun$^4$ gung$^1$ tong$^2$ paau$^1$ jap$^6$ haam$^4$ seoi$^2$ hoi$^2$. [Jyutping]
    "They watch a soccer match but do not bet on the match"; on the one hand, they would flawlessly "set an example" with the Jockey Club, letting citizens easily place bets, throwing three million dollars of public funds down the drain.
    From: 2015 October 27, 梁悅琴, 利奧坊·曉岸加推118伙 個別單位加價 今收票周六售, in 《文匯報》 [Wen Wei Po]
    wong$^4$ man$^4$ jin$^6$ gang$^3$ zi$^2$ jin$^6$ si$^4$ maai$^5$ lau$^{4-2}$ dang$^2$ jyu$^1$ “dam$^2$ cin$^{4-2}$ jap$^6$ haam$^4$ seoi$^2$ hoi$^2$”, bat$^1$ zaan$^3$ sing$^4$ jin$^6$ gaai$^1$ dyun$^6$ maai$^5$ lau$^{4-2}$, jing$^6$ wai$^4$ zou$^1$ hou$^2$ gwo$^3$ maai$^5$. [Jyutping]
    Moreover, Denny Wong indicated that buying real estate now is equivalent to "throwing money down the drain". He does not recommend buying real estate at this point and thinks that renting is better than buying.
    From: 2016, 王貽興 [Ong Yi Hing], 《如何回到當時》, Hong Kong: 日閲堂出版社, →ISBN, page 96
    faan$^2$ zing$^3$ faa$^1$ naa$^5$ mo$^1$ do$^1$ cin$^{4-2}$ sung$^3$ lai$^5$ mat$^6$ kap$^1$ deoi$^3$ fong$^1$, jau$^6$ bat$^1$ si$^6$ zan$^1$ dik$^1$ jau$^5$ sam$^6$ mo$^1$ seoi$^1$ jiu$^3$, zeoi$^3$ hau$^6$, jaa$^5$ bat$^1$ gwo$^3$ si$^6$ jat$^1$ hei$^2$ baa$^2$ cin$^{4-2}$ wing$^1$ zeon$^3$ haam$^4$ seoi$^2$ hoi$^2$, ji$^5$ mou$^4$ ji$^3$ ji$^6$ dik$^1$ gou$^1$ siu$^1$ fai$^3$ wut$^6$ dung$^6$ loi$^4$ jan$^3$ zing$^3$ oi$^3$ cing$^4$ zi$^1$ so$^2$ wai$^6$ sam$^1$ hau$^5$ gin$^1$ zing$^1$, tung$^4$ si$^4$ cuk$^1$ zeon$^3$ se$^5$ wui$^{6-2}$ ging$^1$ zai$^3$ baa$^6$ liu$^5$. [Jyutping]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### References

* Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “九山八海” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].