鹹haam4龍lung2

English

1. another name for Hong Kong Dollar in the old days
2. an alternative name for the Hong Kong dollar after WWII in Canton; literally: salty dragonunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 港銀，大約係二戰後廣東一帶用語unreviewed?

Examples

• unreviewed?

  因為通脹得太犀利，當年喺大陸，大家都要用鹹龍嚟俾錢。

  Because of the high inflation, we had to use Hong Kong dollar to purchase in China at that time.

• unreviewed?

  「鹽都賣到咁多錢，無怪鹹龍跳上天。」-- 廖恩燾《廣州即事》之三 (jim4 dou1 maai6 dou2 gam3 do1 cin2, mou4 gwaai3 haam4 lung2 tiu3 soeng5 tin1. liu6 jan1 tou4 "gwong2 zau1 zik1 si6" zi1 saam1)

  Even salt is so costly, no wonder Hong Kong dollar is priceless. -- Liu Yan To "Nowadays in GuangZhou"(3)