鹹水妹

haam4 seoi2 mui1

(dialect) prostitute from Guangdong (esp. one in Shanghai before the Revolution) (loanword from "handsome maid")

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. (dialect) prostitute from Guangdong (esp. one in Shanghai before the Revolution) (loanword from "handsome maid")

Written Forms

鹹水妹Traditional · Main Form
咸水妹Alternate Form

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