半鹹淡 (bun3 haam4 taam5) — low quality, bad (lit., "half salty and… in Cantonese

bun˗₃半haamˎ₄鹹taamˏ₅淡

简半咸淡

Mandarin Pinyin: ban4 xian2 dan4

Meaning of 半鹹淡

nounlow quality, bad (lit., "half salty and tasteless") in describing language mastery

noundescribes the situation where a person is speaking a language inaccurately which is not his/her mother tongue

keoiˏ₅佢gongˊ²講jeˏ₅嘢bun˗₃半haamˎ₄鹹daam6.淡。

He speaks with a strange accent.

diˉ¹啲tongˉ¹湯bun˗₃半haamˎ₄鹹daam6,淡，mˎ₄唔houˊ²好jam2.飲。

The soup is oddly seasoned, not tasty.

keoiˏ₅佢diˉ¹啲gwongˊ²廣dungˉ¹東waaˊ²話bun˗₃半haamˎ₄鹹daam6.淡。

His Cantonese is a bit mixed/unclear.

niˉ¹呢go˗₃個haiˍ₆係bun˗₃半haamˎ₄鹹daamˍ₆淡ge3.嘅。

This is neither here nor there.

meiˍ₆味douˍ₆道bun˗₃半haamˎ₄鹹daam6,淡，mˎ₄唔ziˉ¹知dimˊ²點gong2.講。

The taste is odd, I don't know how to describe it.

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