鹹澀

Chinese

		salty	grating (of surfaces); tart; acerbic
trad. (鹹澀)		鹹	澀
simp. (咸涩)		咸	涩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiánsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haam⁴ gip³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiâm-siap

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giam⁵ siab⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiánsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siánsè
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-sê⁴
    • Yale: syán-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanseh
    • Palladius: сяньсэ (sjanʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haam⁴ gip³
    • Yale: hàahm gip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haam⁴ gip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ham⁴ gib³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːm²¹ kiːp̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâm-siap
    • Tâi-lô: kiâm-siap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiamsiab
    • IPA (Penang): /kiam²³⁻²¹ siap̚³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam¹³⁻²² siap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam²⁴⁻²² siap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiam²⁴⁻²² siap̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giam⁵ siab⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiâm siap
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siap̚²/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 鹹澀

1. salty and bitter; salty and acerbic
2. (Southern Min) stingy; miserly

Synonyms

• (stingy):

(deprecated template usage)

• 吝嗇／吝啬 (lìnsè)
• 小氣／小气 (xiǎoqì)
• 慳吝／悭吝 (qiānlìn) (literary)
• 摳／抠 (kōu)
• 摳門／抠门 (kōumén)
• 窮相／穷相 (qióngxiàng) (literary or regional)
• 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)