different between terms vs sycee

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

Anagrams

• ERTMS

Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

English

Etymology

From Cantonese ?? (sai³ si¹, “fine silk”), variously explained as owing to the bullion's ability to be worked into fine strands or from the resemblance of its luster.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s???si?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sa?si?/, /sa??si?/

Noun

sycee (countable and uncountable, plural sycees)

1. (historical) Any of various gold or silver ingots used as currency in imperial China.
2. (uncountable) Imitation ingots made of paper, burnt as an offering in ancestral veneration on Tomb Sweeping Day or during the Ghost Festival.

Synonyms

• yuanbao

References

• American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed. "sycee". Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2011.
• Collins American English Dictionary. "sycee". Collins, 2016.
• Merriam-Webster Online. "sycee". 2015.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "sycee, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1919.
• Random House Dictionary. "sycee". 2016.