細絲

Chinese

		fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	silk; thread; trace
trad. (細絲)		細	絲
simp. (细丝)		细	丝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìsih
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: syì-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihsy
    • Palladius: сисы (sisy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ si¹
    • Yale: sai sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ siː⁵⁵/

Noun

細絲

1. fine silk
2. (historical) sycee

Descendants

• → English: sycee