sycee

== English == === Etymology === From Cantonese 細絲 / 细丝 (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): /sʌɪˈsiː/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪsiː/, /saɪˈsiː/ === Noun === sycee (countable and uncountable, plural sycees) (historical) Any of various gold or silver ingots used as currency in imperial China. Synonym: yuanbao (uncountable) Imitation ingots made of paper, burnt as an offering in ancestral veneration on Tomb Sweeping Day or during the Ghost Festival. === 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.