haam4鹹咸

Jyutpinghaam4

Yalehàahm

形容詞Common

Definition

Salty, or having sexual and pornographic content.

salty; tasting of salt
slanghaving sexual or pornographic content; dirty; lewd

ni1呢wun2碗tong1湯taai3太haam4鹹。

ni1呢wun2碗tong1汤taai3太haam4咸。

This soup is too salty.

colloquialfoodslang

How it's used

Beyond the literal taste of salt, this word is frequently used as a shorthand for sexually explicit or lewd content. When used in this sense, it often appears as a prefix to nouns, such as 鹹書 for pornographic magazines or 鹹片 for adult films. It carries a slightly playful or mocking tone when used to describe someone's behavior as perverted.

Examples

le1呢dip2碟sung3餸hou2好haam4鹹aa4呀，jam2飲do1多bui1杯seoi2水sin1先。

This dish is so salty, I need to drink another glass of water.

nei5你lok6落gam3咁do1多jim4鹽zou6做me1咩，soeng2想haam4鹹sei2死jan4人me1咩？

Why did you add so much salt, are you trying to kill someone with saltiness?

Common phrases

haam4鹹sap1濕

lewd or perverted

haam4鹹jyu2魚

salted fish

Common mistake

Do not confuse this with the Mandarin usage where it can sometimes imply stinginess or being overly involved in others' business, as these meanings are not standard in Cantonese.