ပေါက်စီ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 包子 (baau1 zi2).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʊʔsì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: paukci • ALA-LC: pokʻcī • BGN/PCGN: pauksi • Okell: pauʔsi

Noun

ပေါက်စီ • (paukci) (classifier လုံး)

1. baozi
2. (slang) breasts

References

• “ပေါက်စီ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.