黃絲

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángsih
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: hwáng-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangsy
    • Palladius: хуансы (xuansy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ si¹
    • Yale: wòhng sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ siː⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

		yellow	silk; thread; trace
trad. (黃絲)		黃	絲
simp. (黄丝)		黄	丝
alternative forms		黃屍／黃尸／黄尸 derogatory, offensive 黃C／黄C
Literally: “yellow ribbon”.

Noun

黃絲

1. (HK politics) supporter of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement

Antonyms

• 藍絲／蓝丝 (lánsī)

Etymology 2

		yellow	silk; thread; trace
trad. (黃絲)		黃	絲
simp. (黄丝)		黄	丝

Proper noun

黃絲

1. (～村) Huangsi (a village in Wanquan, Honghu, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)