烏紗

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	cotton yarn; muslin
trad. (烏紗)		烏	紗
simp. (乌纱)		乌	纱
Literally: “black yarn”.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wūshā

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄕㄚ
Min Nan (POJ): o͘-se

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wūshā
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄕㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: usha
  - IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-se
  - Tâi-lô: oo-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: osef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ se³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/

Noun

烏紗

Short for 烏紗帽／乌纱帽 (wūshāmào).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 烏紗 – see 烏西 (“to bribe”). (This term, 烏紗, is a variant form of 烏西.)

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