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Boshiamy

Boshiamy proper noun: an input method for typing Chinese characters that uses the letters of the Latin alphabet to represent radicals.

Proper noun

Boshiamy

  1. An input method for typing Chinese characters that uses the letters of the Latin alphabet to represent radicals.

Origin of Boshiamy

From Hokkien 無啥物／无啥物 (bô siáⁿ-mih, “it's nothing; not a big deal”). Cognate with Mandarin 嘸蝦米／呒虾米 (Wúxiāmǐ).

Questions about Boshiamy

What does Boshiamy mean?
Boshiamy means an input method for typing Chinese characters that uses the letters of the Latin alphabet to represent radicals.
What part of speech is Boshiamy?
Boshiamy is a proper noun.

Words near Boshiamy in the dictionary

  1. Bosher
  2. Boshers
  3. Bosherses
  4. Bosherston
  5. boshes
  6. Boshiamy
  7. boshing
  8. boshintang
  9. Boshoff
  10. boshter
  11. boshters

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