呀囒米
Chinese
rice; metre | |||
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trad. (呀囒米) | 呀囒 | 米 | |
simp. (呀𪢠米) | 呀𪢠 | 米 |
Pronunciation
Noun
呀囒米
- (obsolete) cochineal
- 呀囒米來自外洋用以染色 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 1841, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, A Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect, page 204
- ngaa4 laan1 mai5 loi4 zi6 ngoi6 joeng4 jung6 ji5 jim5 sik1 [Jyutping]
- Cochineal comes from foreign countries, and is used in dyeing.
呀𪢠米来自外洋用以染色 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
References
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “bí”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 18; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 18
- Chalmers, John (1907) “cochineal”, in English and Cantonese Dictionary, seventh edition, Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., page 46
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