"Siyi" meaning in English

See Siyi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 四邑 (Sìyì). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{der|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|四邑|tr=Sìyì}} 四邑 (Sìyì) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Siyi
  1. Xinhui, Taishan, Kaiping, and Enping, collectively; four former counties that now are a part of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China. Categories (place): Places in China, Regions of China
    Sense id: en-Siyi-en-name-WjeTcdIr Disambiguation of Places in China: 79 21 Disambiguation of Regions of China: 81 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 45 55
  2. A dialect of Cantonese Chinese mainly spoken in Jiangmen. Synonyms (from Cantonese): Sze Yap Translations (region; dialect): 四邑 (sei³ jap¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 四邑 (Sìyì) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Siyi-en-name-OJwxaQmC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'from Cantonese': 11 89 Disambiguation of 'region; dialect': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Taishanese (english: a major dialect of Siyi Cantonese)
Synonyms: Szeyap, Sz Yap, Sze Yup, Szeyup, Sz Yup, Seiyap, Seiyup, Sz Yip, Yip, Yup, Ssu-i (alt: Wade–Giles)
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