salty; salted; pickled

dirty, grubby

pornographic; lecherous

low quality, bad (lit., "half salty and tasteless") in describing language mastery

describes the situation where a person is speaking a language inaccurately which is not his/her mother tongue

a saltwater fish

roast pork knuckle; roast ham hock

groping hand; molester

to have been educated abroad (outside of HK or China)

(verb) to soak in salty water (slang) saying someone studies abroad

deep fried dumpling containing pork and a lot of air -- a common dim sum (點心) dish. The shell is crispy on the outside but glutinous on the inside. It's shaped like an egg with slightly pointy ends. (literally, "salt water corners").

the English language (鹹水 indicating foreign)

porn video disk (VCD, DVD)

porn video disk (VCD, DVD)

pornographic film; "blue film"; "skin flick" [華]: 黃色片

a dirty joke (lit., "salty tasting gruel")

to be successful when it seems one would absolutely be a failure

to sweat profusely with heavy clothes on

salted fish

Chinese eggplant stir-fried with salted fish

salt water

Syn.: 煙肉; 肉; 醃肉; 腌肉; 培根

salty or salted meat

bacon

a dangerous building, a badly-built building

salt water buildings: because of the expense of using fresh water, some public housing in Tseun Wan among other areas in the 1960s was built by contractors using untreated sea water for mixing concrete. In the 1980s the buildings were found to be deteriorating and proved dangerous.

salt water grass, used to make mats or tie up bundles at the grocer

low quality, bad (lit., "half salty and tasteless") in describing language mastery

lit. in between salty and tasteless, meaning one has not mastered a set of skills or language

salted egg; salted duck egg

a little salty

smelly from perspiration odor (e.g., from unwashed clothes)

prostitute from Guangdong (esp. one in Shanghai before the Revolution)

fried rice with salted fish and diced chicken

salted pork dumpling

Salted Duck Egg