"size" meaning in Chinese

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Noun

IPA: /saːi̯⁵⁵ siː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /saːi̯⁵⁵ siː³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: saai¹ si² [Cantonese, Jyutping], sāai sí [Cantonese, Yale], saai¹ si² [Cantonese, Pinyin], sai¹ xi² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English size. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|size}} English size Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} size
  1. (Cantonese) size Tags: Cantonese Synonyms: 尺寸 (chǐcùn), 晒士, 嘥士

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          "english": "There was a stupid guy from Zheng who used only a string to measure the size of his feet; one day, he wanted to buy shoes, but only when he got to the market did he realize that he didn't bring his string, so he didn't know what shoe size to buy.",
          "ref": "有一個傻仔鄭人先用繩度自己腳的size,有一日想買鞋,不過去到市集先發現自己無帶條繩,所以唔知買鞋買咩size。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "有一个傻仔郑人先用绳度自己脚的size,有一日想买鞋,不过去到市集先发现自己无带条绳,所以唔知买鞋买咩size。 [Cantonese, simp.]\nFrom: 2015, 史丹利, 睇淫故 學中文, 港股策略王, issue 40, page 79\njau⁵ jat¹ go³ so⁴ zai² zeng⁶ jan⁴ sin¹ jung⁶ sing⁴⁻² dok⁶ zi⁶ gei² goek³ dik¹ saai¹ si², jau⁵ jat¹ jat⁶ soeng² maai⁵ haai⁴, bat¹ gwo³ heoi³ dou³ si⁵ zaap⁶ sin¹ faat³ jin⁶ zi⁶ gei² mou⁵ daai³ tiu⁴ sing⁴⁻², so² ji⁵ m⁴ zi¹ maai⁵ haai⁴ maai⁵ me¹ saai¹ si². [Jyutping]",
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          "english": "I always see people online asking something like \"What size should I buy?\" for sneakers",
          "ref": "經常在網上見到有人問甚麼波鞋應「買咩size好?」 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "经常在网上见到有人问什么波鞋应「买咩size好?」 [Cantonese, simp.]\nFrom: 2016, Jerald Li, 還要問買甚麼size嗎?15款大熱波鞋size攻略\nging¹ soeng⁴ zoi⁶ mong⁵ soeng⁶ gin³ dou³⁻² jau⁵ jan⁴ man⁶ sam⁶ mo¹ bo¹ haai⁴ jing¹ “maai⁵ me¹ saai¹ si² hou²?” [Jyutping]",
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          "english": "wearing white workers' gloves of the wrong size",
          "ref": "戴住對唔啱size嘅白色勞工手套仔 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "戴住对唔啱size嘅白色劳工手套仔 [Cantonese, simp.]\nFrom: 2016, 莊偉忠 (Daniel Chong), 不離地的CEO, page 104\ndaai³ zyu⁶ deoi³ m⁴ ngaam¹ saai¹ si² ge³ baak⁶ sik¹ lou⁴ gung¹ sau² tou³ zai² [Jyutping]",
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          "roman": "chǐcùn",
          "word": "尺寸"
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          "word": "晒士"
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      "zh-pron": "saai¹ si²"
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      "zh-pron": "sāai sí"
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          "ref": "有一個傻仔鄭人先用繩度自己腳的size,有一日想買鞋,不過去到市集先發現自己無帶條繩,所以唔知買鞋買咩size。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "有一个傻仔郑人先用绳度自己脚的size,有一日想买鞋,不过去到市集先发现自己无带条绳,所以唔知买鞋买咩size。 [Cantonese, simp.]\nFrom: 2015, 史丹利, 睇淫故 學中文, 港股策略王, issue 40, page 79\njau⁵ jat¹ go³ so⁴ zai² zeng⁶ jan⁴ sin¹ jung⁶ sing⁴⁻² dok⁶ zi⁶ gei² goek³ dik¹ saai¹ si², jau⁵ jat¹ jat⁶ soeng² maai⁵ haai⁴, bat¹ gwo³ heoi³ dou³ si⁵ zaap⁶ sin¹ faat³ jin⁶ zi⁶ gei² mou⁵ daai³ tiu⁴ sing⁴⁻², so² ji⁵ m⁴ zi¹ maai⁵ haai⁴ maai⁵ me¹ saai¹ si². [Jyutping]",
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          "ref": "經常在網上見到有人問甚麼波鞋應「買咩size好?」 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "经常在网上见到有人问什么波鞋应「买咩size好?」 [Cantonese, simp.]\nFrom: 2016, Jerald Li, 還要問買甚麼size嗎?15款大熱波鞋size攻略\nging¹ soeng⁴ zoi⁶ mong⁵ soeng⁶ gin³ dou³⁻² jau⁵ jan⁴ man⁶ sam⁶ mo¹ bo¹ haai⁴ jing¹ “maai⁵ me¹ saai¹ si² hou²?” [Jyutping]",
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          "ref": "戴住對唔啱size嘅白色勞工手套仔 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "戴住对唔啱size嘅白色劳工手套仔 [Cantonese, simp.]\nFrom: 2016, 莊偉忠 (Daniel Chong), 不離地的CEO, page 104\ndaai³ zyu⁶ deoi³ m⁴ ngaam¹ saai¹ si² ge³ baak⁶ sik¹ lou⁴ gung¹ sau² tou³ zai² [Jyutping]",
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      "zh-pron": "saai¹ si²"
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      "zh-pron": "sāai sí"
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      "roman": "chǐcùn",
      "word": "尺寸"
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      "word": "晒士"
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      "word": "嘥士"
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