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 (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹khe-sy-mi

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• 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
  • (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

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

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