咸鱼

鹹魚
xiányú
salted fish

CEDICT

salted fish (Classifier: 條／条 m c)

Wiktionary

  1. 用盐醃过的鱼。
  2. 晒乾的海鱼，味略咸，故称为「咸鱼」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 乘客（公车司机行话）
  2. 殭尸；尸体
  3. 醃鱼

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 咸 xián
  1. all
  2. everyone
  3. each
  4. widespread
  5. harmonious
=1 咸 xián
  1. salted
  2. salty
  3. stingy
  4. miserly
2 鱼 yú used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼 bàoyú, alligators and crocodiles 鳄鱼 èyú and octopi 章鱼 zhāngyú)

classifiers: 條, 尾

Containing this entry

咸鱼翻身 xiányúfānshēn
  1. lit. the salted fish turns over (idiom)
  2. fig. to experience a reversal of fortune

Related entries

鲊 zhǎ
  1. salted fish
  2. dish made with ground vegetables, flour and other condiments