茄士咩

Chinese

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

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

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

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