賽里斯

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (賽里斯) 賽 里 斯
simp. (赛里斯) 赛 里 斯

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “the Chinese; China, the land of the Chinese”), plural of Σήρ (Sḗr), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*slɯ, “silk”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

賽里斯

  1. China
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