sycee
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Cantonese 細絲/细丝 (sai3 si1, “fine silk”), variously explained as owing to the bullion's ability to be worked into fine strands or from the resemblance of its luster.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sycee (countable and uncountable, plural sycees)
- (historical) Any of various gold or silver ingots used as currency in imperial China.
- (uncountable) Imitation ingots made of paper, burnt as an offering in ancestral veneration on Tomb Sweeping Day or during the Ghost Festival.
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[edit]References
[edit]- American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed. "sycee". Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2011.
- Collins American English Dictionary. "sycee". Collins, 2016.
- Merriam-Webster Online. "sycee". 2015.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "sycee, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1919.
- Random House Dictionary. "sycee". 2016.