茄士咩

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (茄士咩)		茄	士	咩
simp. #(茄士咩)		茄	士	咩

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• 茄士咩 (Cantonese)

Etymology

Borrowed from English cashmere.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ke¹ si⁶ me¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ke¹ si⁶ me¹
    • Yale: kē sih mē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ke¹ si⁶ me¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ké¹ xi⁶ mé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛː⁵⁵ siː²² mɛː⁵⁵/

Noun

茄士咩

1. (Cantonese) cashmere

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		開司米
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	開司米
Cantonese	Guangzhou	茄士咩
	Hong Kong	茄士咩
Wu	Shanghai	開司米

Dialectal synonyms of 開司米 (“cashmere”) [map]