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Sze Yap

Sze Yap proper noun: synonym of Siyi.

sze yap: synonym of Siyi
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Proper noun

Sze Yap

  1. Synonym of Siyi.
    • Tang Pun-yan (the pro-Chan general now holding the southern peninsula of Kwangtung) is advancing by two routes to attack Kongmoon. Fighting has broken out at Yanping (in the Sze Yap districts).1925 October 28, “Chan's Allies”, in China Mail, number 19,635, →OCLC, page 1, column 3
    • I am of Sze Yap, not Sam Yap, origin. How could he have missed this vital point in my "thinly disguised family and life histories" and "personal vendetta"?1961, Rose Hum Lee, “The Chinese in the United States of America”, in The China Quarterly, volume 6, page 170
    Synonyms:
    Siyi

Synonyms of Sze Yap

Origin of Sze Yap

From Cantonese 四邑 (sei³ jap¹).

Questions about Sze Yap

What does Sze Yap mean?
Sze Yap means synonym of Siyi.
What part of speech is Sze Yap?
Sze Yap is a proper noun.

Words near Sze Yap in the dictionary

  1. Szczesniaks
  2. Szczesny
  3. Szczesnys
  4. Szczytno
  5. Sze
  6. Sze Yap
  7. Sze Yup
  8. Szechuan
  9. Szechuan button
  10. Szechuan buttons
  11. Szechuan lovage

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