# 鹹水
## Chinese
### Etymology
#### “overseas remittance”

    In the past when airplanes were not popular, people travelled abroad by ships across the sea, i.e. salty water.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiánshuǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haam$^4$ seoi$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiâm-chúi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiánshuǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siánshuěi
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^2$-shui$^3$
*** Yale: syán-shwěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanshoei
*** Palladius: сяньшуй (sjanʹšuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$涎水 鹹水／咸水
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haam$^4$ seoi$^2$
*** Yale: hàahm séui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haam$^4$ soey$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ham$^4$ sêu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /haːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâm-chúi
*** Tâi-lô: kiâm-tsuí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiamzuie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kiam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/

### Noun

鹹水
* salt water; brine
* (Cantonese, dated) Hong Kong dollar
* (Cantonese) overseas remittance (often of overseas Chinese)
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) water for flushing toilets

#### Synonyms

* (salt water): 鹽水／盐水 (yánshuǐ)
* (Hong Kong dollar):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 港幣, 港元, 港圓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 港紙 argot, 港子 argot |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 港幣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 港幣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 港紙 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 港紙, 香港紙, 鹹龍 dated, 鹹水 dated, 西紙 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 港幣, 港紙, 港銀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 港紙 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 港紙, 港幣 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 港紙 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 港紙 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 港紙 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 港紙, 鹹龍 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 港紙 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 港紙 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 港紙 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 港紙 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 港紙 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 港紙 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 港紙 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 港紙 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 港紙 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 港紙, 鹹龍 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 港紙 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 港紙, 鹹龍, 港幣 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 港紙, 鹹龍 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 港紙, 鹹龍 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 港紙 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 港紙, 鹹龍 dated |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 港紙 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 港紙 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 港紙, 鹹龍 dated |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 港紙 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 港幣 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 港紙 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 港紙 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 港幣 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 港幣 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 港紙, 港幣 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 港幣 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 港紙, 港幣 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 港票 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 香港鐳 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 港幣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 港紙 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 港紙 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 港幣 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 港紙, 港幣 |

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “salt water”): 淡水 (dànshuǐ)

#### Derived terms

* 半鹹水湖／半咸水湖
* 浸鹹水／浸咸水
* 鹹水妹／咸水妹 (xiánshuǐmèi)
* 鹹水歌／咸水歌 (xiánshuǐgē)
* 鹹水海／咸水海 (xiánshuǐhǎi)
* 鹹水湖／咸水湖 (xiánshuǐhú)
* 鹹水草／咸水草
* 鹹水角／咸水角 (xiánshuǐjiǎo)
* 鹹水話／咸水话
* 鹹水貨／咸水货
* 鹹水錢／咸水钱
* 鹹水魚／咸水鱼 (xiánshuǐyú)
* 鹹水鱷／咸水鳄 (xiánshuǐ'è)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 鹹 | 水 |
| かん Hyōgai | すい Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

鹹(かん)水(すい) • (kansui)
* salt water