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恤衫

恤衫

Chinese

		give relief; sympathy	Chinese gown (unlined)
simp. and trad. (恤衫)		恤	衫

Noun

恤衫

(chiefly Cantonese) shirt

Derived terms

T恤衫 (tì-xùshān)

Etymology

From transliteration of English shirt + 衫 (shān, “a piece of clothing”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xùshān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seot¹ saam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xùshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄕㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiwshan
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹ ʂa̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seot¹ saam¹
  - Yale: sēut sāam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soet⁷ saam¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵt̚⁵ sɑːm⁵⁵/