肉絲

Chinese

		meat; flesh	silk; thread; trace
trad. (肉絲)		肉	絲
simp. (肉丝)		肉	丝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ròusī

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ si¹
Gan (Wiktionary): nyiuh⁶ si¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiug⁵ si¹
Jin (Wiktionary): rou³ si¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bah-si
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁸gnioq-sy₁ / ⁷gnioq₈-sy₁
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): rou⁶ sr¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ròusī
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ròusih
  - Wade–Giles: jou⁴-ssŭ¹
  - Yale: ròu-sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowsy
  - Palladius: жоусы (žousy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ si¹
  - Yale: yuhk sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² siː⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: nyiuh⁶ si¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲiuʔ⁵ sz̩⁴²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngiug⁵ si¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋiʊk̚¹ sz̩⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: rou³ si¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʐəu⁴⁵ sz̩¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bah-si
  - Tâi-lô: bah-si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bahsy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ba(ʔ)⁵ si³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ si⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸gnioq-sy₁
  - MiniDict: nyoh^入 sy^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵nyioq-sr₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲioʔ¹¹ sz̩²³/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁷gnioq₈-sy₁
  - MiniDict: nyoh^入 sy^平
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /n̠ʲioʔ⁵⁵ sz̩⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: rou⁶ sr¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐəu̯²⁴ sz̩³³/

Etymology 1

Noun

肉絲

shredded meat; shredded pork

Derived terms

魚香肉絲／鱼香肉丝 (yúxiāngròusī)

Etymology 2

Noun

肉絲

Short for 肉色絲襪／肉色丝袜 (ròusè sīwà, “flesh-colored stockings”).