私鹽
Chinese
| personal; private; selfish | salt | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (私鹽) | 私 | 鹽 | |
| simp. (私盐) | 私 | 盐 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: sīyán
- Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sihyán
- Wade–Giles: ssŭ1-yen2
- Yale: sz̄-yán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyan
- Palladius: сыянь (syjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
私鹽
- (archaic) private salt (trafficked for sale without paying the high salt tax)
- Antonym: 官鹽 / 官盐
- (loosely) illegal salt (including those being privately manufactured, transported and sold without approval from the salt administration and tax authorities, tax-exempt salt (e.g., for industrial, agricultural, pastoral and fishery purposes) being altered its use and sold, as well as raw or refined salt imported or exported without approval from the foreign trade department)