絲襪

Chinese

		silk; thread; trace	socks; stockings
trad. (絲襪)		絲	襪
simp. (丝袜)		丝	袜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): sīwà

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄨㄚˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si¹ wa²

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): siìwåq

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): si¹ mat⁶

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): si¹ mek⁸

• Gan (Wiktionary): 'si¹ uat⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): si¹ mad⁵
• Northern Min (KCR): sí-muòi
• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): sli¹ maat⁵
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹sy-maq₈ / ¹sy-maeq₈
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sr¹ ua⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīwà
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihwà
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-wa⁴
    • Yale: sz̄-wà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sywah
    • Palladius: сыва (syva)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ wä⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: si¹ wa²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: swa
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ua²¹/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: siìwåq
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): sii¹ waq⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩³¹ uaʔ⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si¹ mat⁶
    • Yale: sī maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ mɐt̚²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 私密 絲襪／丝袜

  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: si¹ mek⁸
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²¹³ mɛk̚²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'si¹ uat⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈsz̩⁴² uat̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: si¹ mad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁴⁴⁻³⁵ mat̚¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sí-muòi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁴ muɛ⁴²/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: sli¹ maat⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬi⁵³ mat̚²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ¹sy-maq₈
    • MiniDict: sy^平 mah^入
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /sz̩³³ mɐʔ⁵¹/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹sy-maeq₈
    • MiniDict: sy^平 maeh^入
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sz̩⁴⁴ maʔ/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: sr¹ ua⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩³³ u̯a̠²⁴/

Noun

絲襪

1. pantyhose; stockings

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 絲襪 (“pantyhose; stockings”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		絲襪
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	絲襪兒, 絲襪子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	絲襪
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	絲襪子
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	絲襪子
	Xi'an	絲襪子
	Xuzhou	絲襪, 絲襪子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	絲襪子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	絲襪, 絲光襪子
	Wuhan	絲襪子, 絲光襪子
	Guiyang	絲襪, 絲光襪子
	Liuzhou	絲襪
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	絲襪
	Yangzhou	絲襪
Cantonese	Hong Kong	絲襪
	Dongguan	絲襪
Gan	Nanchang	絲襪子, 絲襪
	Lichuan	絲光襪
	Pingxiang	絲光襪
Hakka	Meixian	絲襪
	Yudu	絲光襪子
Jin	Taiyuan	絲襪子
	Xinzhou	絲襪子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	絲襪
Southern Min	Xiamen	絲仔襪, 玻璃絲襪 dated
	Quanzhou	絲仔襪, 玻璃絲襪
	Zhangzhou	絲仔襪, 玻璃絲襪
	Tainan	絲仔襪 GT, 絲襪仔 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	絲仔襪
	Haikou	絲襪
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	絲襪
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	絲光洋襪
	Suzhou	絲襪
	Danyang	絲襪
	Hangzhou	絲襪兒
	Ningbo	絲襪
	Jinhua	絲光襪
Xiang	Changsha	絲襪子, 絲襪
	Loudi	絲光襪子

Derived terms

• 玻璃絲襪／玻璃丝袜 (bōli sīwà)
• 絲襪奶茶／丝袜奶茶 (sīwà nǎichá)
• 肉絲／肉丝 (ròusī)