糯米糍

Chinese

		glutinous rice; sticky rice	glutinous rice ball
trad. (糯米糍/糯米餈)		糯米	糍/餈
simp. (糯米糍)		糯米	糍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nuòmǐcí

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄧˇ ㄘˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): no⁶ mai⁵ ci⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): no⁵ mai² tei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nuòmǐcí
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄧˇ ㄘˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nuòmǐcíh
  - Wade–Giles: no⁴-mi³-tzʻŭ²
  - Yale: nwò-mǐ-tsź
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuohmiitsyr
  - Palladius: номицы (nomicy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ⁵¹ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: no⁶ mai⁵ ci⁴
  - Yale: noh máih chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: no⁶ mai⁵ tsi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: no⁶ mei⁵ qi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔː²² mɐi̯¹³ t͡sʰiː²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: no⁵ mai² tei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdᵘɔ³² ᵐbai⁵⁵ tʰei²²/

Noun

糯米糍

glutinous rice ball; glutinous rice dumpling (a dessert)
nuomici lychee (a cultivar of lychee)
- 1904, James Dyer Ball, How to Speak Cantonese, third edition, Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh, pages 78–79:
  
  我中意黑葉茘枝、至好係糯米糍、核又細、肉又甜 [Cantonese, trad.]
  我中意黑叶荔枝、至好系糯米糍、核又细、肉又甜 [Cantonese, simp.]
  ngo⁵ zung¹ ji³ hak¹ jip^6-2 lai⁶ zi¹, zi³ hou² hai⁶ no⁶ mai⁵ ci⁴, wat⁶ jau⁶ sai³, juk⁶ jau⁶ tim⁴ [Jyutping]
  I like those [li-chees] with small leaves. The best li-chees are the no-maí ts‘z, the stones are small, and the fruit is sweet.