開司米

See also: 开司米

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (開司米)		開	司	米
simp. (开司米)		开	司	米

Etymology

Borrowed from English cashmere, from Hindi कश्मीर (kaśmīr) / Urdu کشمیر (kašmīr), via Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāisīmǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄙ ㄇㄧˇ

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khe-sy-mi

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāisīmǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄙ ㄇㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaisihmǐ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-ssŭ¹-mi³
    • Yale: kāi-sz̄-mǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaisymii
    • Palladius: кайсыми (kajsymi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹khe-sy-mi
    • MiniDict: khe^平 sy mi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khe-sr-mi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰe⁵⁵ sz̩³³ mi²¹/

Noun

開司米

1. 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]