烏紗

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	cotton yarn; muslin
trad. (烏紗)		烏	紗
simp. (乌纱)		乌	纱
Literally: “black yarn”.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ saa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-se

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wusha
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-sha¹
    • Yale: wū-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: usha
    • Palladius: уша (uša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ saa¹
    • Yale: wū sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-se
    • Tâi-lô: oo-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: osef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ se³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/

Noun

烏紗

1. Short for 烏紗帽／乌纱帽 (wūshāmào).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 烏紗 – see 烏西 (“to bribe”). (This term is a variant form of 烏西).