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noun
Any of various gold or silver ingots used as currency in imperial China.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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Synonyms: yuanbao
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Imitation ingots made of paper, burnt as an offering in ancestral veneration on Tomb Sweeping Day or during the Ghost Festival.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
