西米

Chinese

		west	rice; metre
trad. (西米)		西	米
simp. #(西米)		西	米

Etymology

Short for 西谷米 (xīgǔmǐ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīmǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄇㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ mai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīmǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄇㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: simǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-mi³
    • Yale: syī-mǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shimii
    • Palladius: сими (simi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ mai⁵
    • Yale: sāi máih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ mai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ mei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ mɐi̯¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 西米

1. sago (powdered starch)