# 鹹魚
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiányú
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄩˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): haam$^4$ jyu$^{4-2}$ / haam$^4$ jyu$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ham$^3$ ngui$^{3-4}$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hàm-ǹg
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kiâm-hî / kiâm-hû / kiâm-hîr
    (Teochew, Peng'im): giam$^5$ he$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ghe-ng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiányú
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siányú
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^2$-yü$^2$
*** Yale: syán-yú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanyu
*** Palladius: сяньюй (sjanʹjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ y³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haam$^4$ jyu$^{4-2}$ / haam$^4$ jyu$^4$
*** Yale: hàahm yú / hàahm yùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haam$^4$ jy$^{4-2}$ / haam$^4$ jy$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ham$^4$ yu$^{4-2}$ / ham$^4$ yu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /haːm²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/, /haːm²¹ jyː²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ham$^3$ ngui$^{3-4}$
*** Sinological IPA : /ham²² ᵑɡui²²⁻²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàm-ǹg
*** Hakka Romanization System: ham$^ˇ$ ng$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ham$^2$ ng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ham¹¹ ŋ̍¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (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: giam$^5$ he$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiâm hṳ̂
*** Sinological IPA : /kiam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hɯ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ghe-ng
*** MiniDict: ghe$^去$ ng
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhe-ngg
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦe²² ŋ̍⁴⁴/

### Noun

鹹魚
* salted fish (Classifier: 條／条 m c)
       haam$^4$ jyu$^{4-2}$ gai$^1$ lap$^1$ caau$^2$ faan$^6$ [Jyutping]
       fried rice with salted fish and diced chicken
* (Cantonese, colloquial, figurative) zombie; corpse (Classifier: 條／条 c)
** 2001, Stephen Chow, Shaolin Soccer:
       zou$^6$ jan$^4$ jyu$^4$ gwo$^2$ mou$^5$ mung$^6$ soeng$^2$, tung$^4$ tiu$^4$ haam$^4$ jyu$^{4-2}$ jau$^5$ me$^1$ fan$^1$ bit$^6$ aa$^3$? [Jyutping]
       Being a man without a dream, what's the difference with a salted fish/dried corpse?
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) passenger (bus-driver jargon)

#### Synonyms

* (salted fish):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鹹魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鹹魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 鹹魚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 鹹魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鹹魚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鹹魚 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 鹹魚 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鹹魚 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 鹹魚 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 醃魚, 乾魚 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鹹魚 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鹹仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 鹹魚哩 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鹹魚 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 鹹魚 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鹹魚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鹹魚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 鹹魚 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鹹魚 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鹹魚 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鹹魚, 魚乾 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鹹魚 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 鹹魚 |

#### 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