syceen.

/sʌɪˈsiː/

Forms: Also 1700s sisee, seze.

Etymology: < Chinese sí (pronounced in Canton sai, sei) sz' fine silk: ‘so called because, if pure, it may be drawn out into fine threads’ (Giles in Yule and Burnell Hobson-Jobson).

Fine uncoined silver in the form of lumps of various sizes, usually having a banker's or assayer's seal stamped on them, formerly used by the Chinese as a medium of exchange. Also sycee silver.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > other mediums of exchange > [noun] > uncoined metal as medium of exchange > silver

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1711 C. Lockyer Acct. Trade India v. 135 Formerly they used to sell for Sisee, or Silver full fine;..10 Tale of Gold 93 fine, sold for 94 Tale weight of Sisee Silver is 7 above Touch.

1834 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 3 App. 29 Sycee silver..is the only approach to a silver currency among the Chinese.

1865 D. F. Rennie Peking & Pekingese II. 116 The purchase money consisting of sixty-two shoe-shaped ingots of Sycee silver.

1882 ‘Fan Kwae’ at Canton 58 Shroffs were also ‘changers’—providing when required either Sycee, chopped dollars, or gold—as well as bankers.

attributive.1875 W. S. Jevons Money xii. 148 Either rupees as in India, sycee bars as in China, or silver dollars.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	sycee
释义	syceen. /sʌɪˈsiː/ Forms: Also 1700s sisee, seze. Etymology: < Chinese sí (pronounced in Canton sai, sei) sz' fine silk: ‘so called because, if pure, it may be drawn out into fine threads’ (Giles in Yule and Burnell Hobson-Jobson). Fine uncoined silver in the form of lumps of various sizes, usually having a banker's or assayer's seal stamped on them, formerly used by the Chinese as a medium of exchange. Also sycee silver. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > other mediums of exchange > [noun] > uncoined metal as medium of exchange > silver sycee1711 wedge1725 hacksilver1896 1711 C. Lockyer Acct. Trade India v. 135 Formerly they used to sell for Sisee, or Silver full fine;..10 Tale of Gold 93 fine, sold for 94 Tale weight of Sisee Silver is 7 above Touch. 1834 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 3 App. 29 Sycee silver..is the only approach to a silver currency among the Chinese. 1865 D. F. Rennie Peking & Pekingese II. 116 The purchase money consisting of sixty-two shoe-shaped ingots of Sycee silver. 1882 ‘Fan Kwae’ at Canton 58 Shroffs were also ‘changers’—providing when required either Sycee, chopped dollars, or gold—as well as bankers. attributive.1875 W. S. Jevons Money xii. 148 Either rupees as in India, sycee bars as in China, or silver dollars. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1711
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