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

糯米糍 (1)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nuòmǐcí

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄧˇ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): no⁶ mai⁵ ci⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): no⁵ mai² tei³

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• 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

1. glutinous rice ball; glutinous rice dumpling (a dessert)
2. 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.