鹹 (haam4) — salty; salted; pickled in Cantonese
haamˎ₄鹹
简 咸
Mandarin Pinyin: xian2
Meaning of 鹹
nounsalty; salted; pickled
noundirty, grubby
nounpornographic; lecherous
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Example Sentences with 鹹
琴晚佢飲到好醉，跟住鹹鹹濕濕噉搓我女朋友對波。
Last night he got really drunk and then lecherously fondled my girlfriend's breasts.
tiuˎ₄條haamˎ₄鹹jyuˎ₄魚houˊ²好haamˎ₄鹹。
This salted fish is very salty.
tiuˎ₄條haamˎ₄鹹jyuˎ₄魚faanˉ¹翻sangˉ¹生laa˗₃喇。
The salted fish has come back to life!
ngoˏ₅我haiˍ₆係tiuˎ₄條haamˎ₄鹹jyuˎ₄魚。
I'm a salted fish (useless person).
mˎ₄唔houˊ²好zouˍ₆做tiuˎ₄鹹haamˎ₄魚。
Don't be a salted fish (useless person).
Words Containing 鹹
半鹹淡bun3 haam4 taam5
low quality, bad (lit., "half salty and tasteless") in describing language mastery
鹹水魚haam4 seoi2 jyu2
a saltwater fish
鹹豬手haam4 zyu1 sau2
roast pork knuckle; roast ham hock
浸鹹水zam3 haam4 seoi2
to have been educated abroad (outside of HK or China)
鹹水角haam4 seoi2 gok2
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").
鹹水話haam4 seoi2 waa2
the English language (鹹水 indicating foreign)
鹹 碟haam4 dip2
porn video disk (VCD, DVD)
鹹片haam4 pin2
pornographic film; "blue film"; "skin flick" [華]: 黃色片
鹹味粥haam4 mei6 zuk1
a dirty joke (lit., "salty tasting gruel")
鹹魚翻生haam4 jyu2 faan1 saang1
to be successful when it seems one would absolutely be a failure
醃鹹魚jip3 haam4 jyu2
to sweat profusely with heavy clothes on
鹹魚茄子haam4 jyu2 ke2 zi2
Chinese eggplant stir-fried with salted fish
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