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From Cantonese 細絲 (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.
sycee (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 sycees)
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/21 05:57 UTC 版)
A sycee was a type of silver or gold ingot currency used in China until the 20th century. The name derives from the Cantonese words meaning "fine silk" (presumably, Chinese: 細絲; pinyin: xìsī; Cantonese Yale: saisì). In North China, the word yuanbao (simplified Chinese: 元宝; traditional Chinese: 元寶; pinyin: yuánbǎo), rendered by 19th-century English writers as yamboo or yambu, was also used for similar ingots.