開司米

See also: 开司米

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (開司米)		開	司	米
simp. (开司米)		开	司	米

Etymology

Borrowed from English cashmere, from Hindi कश्मीर (kaśmīr) / Urdu کشمیر (kašmīr), via Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāisīmǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄙㄇㄧˇ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khe-sy₁-mi₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāisīmǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄙㄇㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaisihmǐ
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-ssŭ¹-mi³
  - Yale: kāi-sz̄-mǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaisymii
  - Palladius: кайсыми (kajsymi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹khe-sy₁-mi₆
  - MiniDict: khe^平 sy^平 mi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khe-sr₁-mi₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰe⁵⁵ sz̩³³ mi²¹/

Noun

開司米

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
Cantonese	Hong Kong	茄士咩
Wu	Shanghai	開司米