ဆီး

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʰí/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hci: • ALA-LC: chīʺ • BGN/PCGN: hsi: • Okell: hsì

Etymology 1

Verb

ဆီး • (hci:)

1. to bar, to obstruct, to block

Derived terms

• ဖျက်ဆီး (hpyakhci:)

Etymology 2

Verb

ဆီး • (hci:)

1. to wear (by wrapping round one's body)

Etymology 3

Adverb

ဆီး • (hci:)

1. immediately on meeting

Etymology 4

Noun

ဆီး • (hci:)

1. mist, fog

Etymology 5

Inherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *g-ts(y)i-t/n. Doublet of သေး (se:). Onomatopoeic. Compare Thai ฉี่ (chìi).

Noun

ဆီး • (hci:)

1. (formal) urine

Synonyms

• သေး (se:) (vulgar)
• အပေါ့ (a.pau.) (polite)

Derived terms

• ဆီးသွား (hci:swa:, “to urinate”)

Etymology 6

Noun

ဆီး • (hci:)

1. jujube; Chinese date
2. name applied to succulent plum-like fruits

References

• “ဆီး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.