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発音

• IPA: /saɪ/
• 韻: -aɪ
• 異形同音異義語: sigh, psi, xi, scye, Si

名詞

sai (plural sai)

1. A handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts.

参考

• Sai (weapon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

語源 2

Compare Portuguese sahi, from Tupian sai (“monkey”).

名詞

sai

1. A sajou; a capuchin (monkey).

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “sai”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “sai”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

語源 3

Borrowed from Hokkien 屎 (sái, “shit”).

発音

• (Singapore) IPA: /saɪ˦˨/

名詞

sai (uncountable)

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial, vulgar) Shit
   • 1998 February 10, Thye Hoon Lin, “SM Lee was right - Johor is notorious for muggings!”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):

     […] the employer of the unfortunate maid that was forced to makan sai are indonesians.

   • 1998 July 9, SimiSar, “[sangkancil] New HK airport faces barrage of criticism (fwd)”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):

     It is Chek Lap Kok ho lang. You should makan sai. Are you an Orang Laut trying to speak Chinese?

   • 2003 April 18, Bone Toad, “Christ won”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):

     go and take your morning shower and wash your arse with water and soap after pang sai

参考

• saw sam sai

アナグラム

• ais, A.S.I., Asi, AIS, a-Si, is-a, sia, Ais, Sia, Isa, A.I.s, Isa., IAS, ISA, ASI, IAs, AIs, A. S. I., SIA