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sycee ... xìsī ... yuánbǎo

New entry. Loan word from xìsī 细丝 meaning a kind of ingot, 元宝. Cf. 银锭 ...

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycee

http://www.baike.com/wiki/%E7%BB%86%E4%B8%9D

"中国银锭, 英文为sycee, 是[细丝]的意思, 细丝者, 顾名思义, 细小的丝纹也."

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