燕梳

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (燕梳)		燕	梳
simp. #(燕梳)		燕	梳

Etymology

Borrowed from English insurance.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin³ so¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin³ so¹
    • Yale: yin sō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin³ so¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin³ so¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³ sɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

燕梳

1. (Cantonese, Huicheng dialect, dated) insurance (Classifier: 份 c)

   我買咗份人壽燕梳。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我买咗份人寿燕梳。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ maai⁵ zo² fan⁶ jan⁴ sau⁶ jin³ so¹. [Jyutping]

   I bought a life insurance.

   • 1904, 約翰大衛德 [David D. Jones], quoting advertisement, The Surnames of the Chinese in America [旅美華人姓字], page 42:

     疾病意外損傷宴梳公司 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     疾病意外损伤宴梳公司 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     zat⁶ beng⁶ ji³ ngoi⁶ syun² soeng¹ jin³ so¹ gung¹ si¹ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 保險／保险 (bǎoxiǎn)
• (short form) 險／险 (xiǎn)