sycee
Meaning
Noun
- Any of various gold or silver ingots used as currency in imperial China.
- Imitation ingots made of paper, burnt as an offering in ancestral veneration on Tomb Sweeping Day or during the Ghost Festival.
Related
Similar words
- yuanbao
Origin
- From Cantonese 細絲, variously explained as owing to the bullion's ability to be worked into fine strands or from the resemblance of its luster.
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