Sze Yap
English
editEtymology
editFrom Cantonese 四邑 (sei3 jap1).
Proper noun
editSze Yap
- Synonym of Siyi
- 1961, Rose Hum Lee, “The Chinese in the United States of America”, in The China Quarterly[1], volume 6, page 170:
- I am of Sze Yap, not Sam Yap, origin. How could he have missed this vital point in my "thinly disguised family and life histories" and "personal vendetta"?
- 1996, Nancy L. Fisher, editor, Cultural and Ethnic Diversity: A Guide for Genetics Professionals[2], The Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 87:
- The majority of early immigrants came from the province of Guangdong, in southern China. Within Guangdong province, the immigrants specifically came from the agriculturally based Sze Yap (Four Counties) region.