「鹹魚 / 咸魚」

Entry #1
Character、
Pronunciation:
  • 鹹魚 haam4 jyu2
  • 咸魚 haam4 jyu2
Individual
Character Meaning:
鹹 salty; salty (taste)
魚 fish
Part of Speech: noun
Explanation:
  • salted fish (measure word: 條)
    (Cant.) 鹹haam4魚jyu2欄laan1
    (Eng.) salted-fish market

  • a colloquial term for corpse (measure word: 條)
    (Cant.) 鹹魚返生haam4 jyu2 faan1 saang1
    (Eng.) to bounce back; literally, some salted fish or a dead man revives
    (Cant.) 人jan4冇mou5夢mung6想soeng2同tung4條tiu4鹹haam4魚jyu2有jau5乜mat1嘢je5分fan1別bit6。
    (Eng.) Man without dreams is no different from a salted fish / dead person.

See also: 九肚魚 小白菜 柴魚 白飯魚 魚肝油 鯽魚 鹹水魚 鹹菜 鹹魚 黃花魚 (類近詞彙取自ToastyNews數據分析)
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