piecee

Chinese Pidgin English

Alternative forms

• 卑士, 卑時 (Chinese spelling)

Etymology

From English piece.

Classifier

piecee

1. generic classifier
   • 1862, 唐景星 [Tong King-sing], 英語集全, volume 4, marginalia, page 32; republished as “Pidgin English texts from the Chinese English Instructor”, in Michelle Li, Stephen Matthews and Geoff P. Smith, editor, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics‎^[1], volume 10, number 1, 2005, pages 79-167:

     㕭灣治𪢍治温卑士羅也
     *ju¹ waan¹ zhi⁶ get³ zhi⁶ wan¹ bi¹ si⁶ lo⁴ jaa⁵
     You wantchee catchee one piecee lawyer.
     You will have to engage a lawyer.

   • 1862, 唐景星 [Tong King-sing], 英語集全, volume 4, marginalia, page 65; republished as “Pidgin English texts from the Chinese English Instructor”, in Michelle Li, Stephen Matthews and Geoff P. Smith, editor, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics‎^[2], volume 10, number 1, 2005, pages 79-167:

     米其地快都卑士
     *mai⁵ ki⁴ di⁶ faai³ du¹ bi¹ si⁶
     Makee divide two piecee.
     Divide this into two.

   • 1862, 唐景星 [Tong King-sing], 英語集全, volume 6, marginalia, page 32; republished as “Pidgin English texts from the Chinese English Instructor”, in Michelle Li, Stephen Matthews and Geoff P. Smith, editor, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics‎^[3], volume 10, number 1, 2005, pages 79-167:

     昔士地卑士文輝卑士烏文
     *sik¹ si⁶ di⁶ bi¹ si⁶ man⁴ fai¹ bi¹ si⁶ wu¹ man⁴
     Sixty piecee man five piecee woman
     60 males and 5 females

   • 1862, 唐景星 [Tong King-sing], 英語集全, volume 6, marginalia, page 33; republished as “Pidgin English texts from the Chinese English Instructor”, in Michelle Li, Stephen Matthews and Geoff P. Smith, editor, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics‎^[4], volume 10, number 1, 2005, pages 79-167:

     合吉昔士卑士林安黎科卑士𠲟忒記巴臣治
     *hap⁶ gat¹ sik¹ si⁶ bi¹ si⁶ lam⁴ on¹ lai⁴ fo¹ bi¹ si⁶ gen⁶ tik¹ gi³ baa¹ seon⁴ zi⁶
     hap got sixee piecee room only four piecee can takee passenger
     6 rooms but only 4 to spare

   • 1862, 唐景星 [Tong King-sing], 英語集全, volume 6, marginalia, page 43; republished as “Pidgin English texts from the Chinese English Instructor”, in Michelle Li, Stephen Matthews and Geoff P. Smith, editor, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics‎^[5], volume 10, number 1, 2005, pages 79-167:

     拜温卑時豁卑乎
     *baai³ wan¹ bi¹ si⁴ kut³ bi¹ fu⁴
     Buy one piecee good beef.
     Buy a piece of good beef.

   • 1862, 唐景星 [Tong King-sing], 英語集全, volume 6, marginalia, page 43; republished as “Pidgin English texts from the Chinese English Instructor”, in Michelle Li, Stephen Matthews and Geoff P. Smith, editor, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics‎^[6], volume 10, number 1, 2005, pages 79-167:

     合吉地𱸑卑時毡^{[sic – meaning ⿰口毡]}地文甘顚拿
     *hap⁶ gat¹ di⁶ li¹ bi¹ si⁴ zhin¹[zhen¹] di⁶ man⁴ gam¹ din¹ naa⁴
     hap got three piecee gentleman come dinner
     3 gentlemen dine with me