摩絲

Chinese

		rub	silk; thread; trace
trad. (摩絲)		摩	絲
simp. (摩丝)		摩	丝

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of French mousse or English mousse.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mósī

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ si¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mo-sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mósī
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mósih
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: mwó-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mosy
    • Palladius: мосы (mosy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo¹ si¹
    • Yale: mō sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mo-sy
    • MiniDict: mo^去 sy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mo-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mo²² sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

摩絲

1. hair mousse

Synonyms

• 慕斯 (mùsī)