vegetables or fruits preserved in salt or soy sauce; pickles

fish that has been cured or preserved with salt

salt-cured meat; bacon

saltwater; brine; water containing salt

salty taste or flavor

The flavors of being salty and being unsalted

A lake containing a high concentration of dissolved salts and other minerals.

egg preserved by soaking in brine or coating with salted clay

Large landlocked lake in Central Asia, located between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan; also called the [[阿拉海|阿拉海|a1 la1 hai3]]

colloquial term for table salt

salty preserved duck egg, typically prepared by soaking eggs in brine; also called [[咸蛋|鹹蛋|xian2 dan4]]

fish that live in the sea or other saltwater environments

A lake with high salt content; often used as an abbreviation for [[咸水湖|鹹水湖|xian2 shui3 hu2]].

tasting pleasantly salty; slightly salty

a lake formed where seawater and freshwater mix, typically found near coastlines; brackish-water lake

tasting slightly salty; having a hint of saltiness

tasting slightly salty; a bit salty

a type of salty bagel-like bread roll or biscuit, typically topped with sesame seeds and associated with the cuisine of Fujian province

(dialect) a prostitute who services foreigners, particularly associated with pre-revolutionary Shanghai or Guangdong; originally a loanword from English "handsome maid" meaning a beautiful maidservant.

tasty and slightly salty in flavor

salty and puckery or acerbic in taste; salty and bitter

(topo.) salty and wet; damp and salty

soil or land that contains high levels of salt; salty marshland

the act of groping or sexually harassing someone in public; also used to refer to a person who does such acts

Taiwan-style fried popcorn chicken; pieces of chicken breast are marinated, coated in flour, and deep-fried until golden, often seasoned with pepper or chili powder

Literally "a salted fish turns over"; used to describe someone or something previously overlooked or hopeless that suddenly gets a lucky break and rises in status.