table salt (dialect)
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
table salt; common salt
dialectUsed in certain northern Chinese dialects (e.g., Shandong, Northeastern Mandarin) as a synonym for 盐 (yán).
Nǐ你
qù去
shāng商
diàn店
mǎi买
diǎn点
xián咸
yán盐
huí回
lai来
。
Go to the store and buy some salt.
Zhè这
dài袋
xián咸
yán盐
duō多
shao少
qián钱
？
How much is this bag of salt?
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Běi北
fāng方
yǒu有
xiē些
dì地
qū区
bǎ把
yán盐
jiào叫
zuò作
xián咸
yán盐
。
In some northern regions, salt is called xiányán.