# 鹹濕
## Chinese

| | | salty | moist; wet |
| trad. (鹹濕/鹹溼/咸濕/咸溼) | trad. (鹹濕/鹹溼/咸濕/咸溼) | 鹹/咸 | 濕/溼 |
| simp. (咸湿) | simp. (咸湿) | 咸 | 湿 |
| Literally: “salty and wet”. ||||
* 鹹濕 (Cantonese)
* 鹹濕 (Written Standard Chinese)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “ham shop - folk etymology?”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiánshī
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): haam$^4$ sap$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ham$^3$ sip$^2$
    (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): haam$^4$ sap$^3$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ham$^2$ seb$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiánshī
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siánshih
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^2$-shih$^1$
*** Yale: syán-shr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanshy
*** Palladius: сяньши (sjanʹši)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$弦詩 / 弦诗 鹹濕 / 咸湿
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haam$^4$ sap$^1$
*** Yale: hàahm sāp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haam$^4$ sap$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ham$^4$ seb$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /haːm²¹ sɐp̚⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ham$^3$ sip$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ham²² sip̚⁵⁵/
** (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
*** Jyutping++: haam$^4$ sap$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ham⁴² ʃɐp̚²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ham$^2$ seb$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ham¹¹ səp̚¹/

### Adjective

鹹濕
* (Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua) lecherous; lascivious
* (Cantonese, Huicheng dialect) pornographic; erotic
* (Yangjiang Yue) shabby; ragged
** 2018, 黄伯荣, 广东阳江方言研究 [A Study of the Yangjiang Dialect], Sun Yat-Sen University Press, page 333:
       go$^2$ gin$^6$ saam$^1$ hou$^2$ haam$^4$ sap$^3$ [Jyutping++]
       That shirt is very shabby.
* (Dongguan Cantonese) dirty; not clean

#### Synonyms

* (lecherous):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 好色 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 好色 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 好色, 色 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 色 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鹹濕, 生雞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鹹濕, 淫 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 鹹濕 outside the family, 扒灰 within the family |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 鹹濕 outside the family, 扒灰 within the family |
| Hakka | Meixian | 花, 好色, 鹹濕 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 鹹濕, 豺 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 痴哥 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 豬哥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 痴哥 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 痴哥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 痴哥 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 豬哥 |
| Hakka | Senai (Hepo) | 鹹濕 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 草鞋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 五枝鬚, 臭臊神, 豬哥神, 𪁎哥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 豬哥 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 五枝鬚, 臭臊神, 豬哥神 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 五枝鬚, 臭臊神, 豬哥神, 𪁎哥, 𪁎, 貓神, 貓, 毋夠毋鬼, 毋夠鬼, 毋成夠鬼, 毋成鬼, 毋成毋鬼 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 痴哥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 不四鬼 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 痴哥 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 好色 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 風流 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 好色 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 𪁎哥 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 豬哥 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 豬哥形 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 𪁎哥 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 痴哥, 豬哥 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 五枝鬚, 愛查某 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 好色, 痴哥 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 痴哥 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鹹濕 |
* (dirty):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 污, 穢, 污穢 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 骯髒, 污穢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 髒, 腌臢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 髒, 骯髒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 髒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 埋汰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 骯髒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 邋遢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 骯髒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 髒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 髒, 窩囊, 腌臢 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 髒, 邋乎, 埋汰 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 齷齪, 邋遢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 陳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 髒, 日髒, 骯髒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 髒, 骯髒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 骯髒, 髒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 骯髒, 腌臢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 髒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 髒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 髒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 挖抓, 髒, 齷齪, 邋遢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guang'an | 挖抓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 挖抓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 拉瓜, 賴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 髒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 邋遢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 邋遢, 污糟, 涴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 髒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 髒, 邋遢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 髒, 膿糟, 拾弄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 污糟, 邋遢, 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 污糟, 邋遢, 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 邋遢, 骯屎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 骯屎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 垠 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 污糟 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 污糟, 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 邋遢, 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 污糟, 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 污糟, 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 污糟 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 污糟 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 污糟 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 污糟 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 揦鮓, 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 邋遢, 揦鮓, 黧貰 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 邋遢, 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 賴濕, 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 垠 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 失引, 污糟, 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 污糟, 揦鮓 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 腌臢 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 邋遢 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 雷堆, 雷賴, 齷齪 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 漚紐, 穢 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 累贅 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 囉嗦 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 囉嗦 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 囉嗦 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 烏數 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 烏奴 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 邋遢 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Changting | 齷齪 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 屙糟 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 屙糟 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 屙糟 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 齷齪 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 屙糟 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 屙糟 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 屙糟, 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 屙糟, 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 屙糟, 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 屙糟, 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 屙糟, 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 屙糟, 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 漚紐, 累贅, 囉嗦 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 活柴, 污糟 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 邋遢, 污糟 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 遢邋 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 遢邋 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 邋遢 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 邋遢 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 邋遢 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 日髒, 髒, 腌臢 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 日髒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 髒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 污喏, 垃圾 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 污喏 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 污喏 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 垃圾 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 垃圾 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 垃渣, 濫𡞟, 懶露, 五鹵, 齷齪 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 流瘍, 流死瘍, 垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 穢涗, 塕埃 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 腌臢, 兇, 驚儂, 穢涗, 塕埃 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 腌臢, 垃圾, 淤漬, 驚儂, 垃圾鬼, 穢涗, 塕埃 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 垃圾, 垃儳, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 垃圾, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 驚儂 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 驚儂 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 垃圾, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 垃圾 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 垃圾 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂, 流𣻸 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 垃圾 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 垃圾, 腌臢, 癩𰣻 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 癩𰣻 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 癩𰣻 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 垃儳 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 流瘍, 垃儳, 垃圾, 厚穢 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 腌臢 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 垃圾 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 凄疑 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 垃圾, 邋遢 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 邋滯 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 尻髒 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 尻髒 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 污盧 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 齷齪 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 齷齪, 鏖糟 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 邋遢, 齷齪 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 齷齪, 邋遢, 污糟 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 污糟, 齷拉 |
| Wu | Danyang | 髒 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 埲, 邋遢 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 膩腥, 鏖糟, 淟汰, 邋遢 dated |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鏖糟, 髒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 遮捏, 鏖糟 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 邋遢, 邋糊 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 派老, 邋遢 |

#### Derived terms

* 鹹濕仔 / 咸湿仔
* 鹹濕佬 / 咸湿佬 (xiánshīlǎo)
* 鹹濕嘢 / 咸湿嘢
* 鹹濕片 / 咸湿片
* 鹹濕鬼 / 咸湿鬼

### Verb

鹹濕
* (Cantonese) to sexually harass
* (Cantonese, transitive) to engage in sex acts