Siyi
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A geographic region consisting of the four former counties of Xinhui, Taishan, Kaiping, and Enping, collectively; now a part of the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China.
"Aside from these two deltas, other densely-populated areas are the southern Mu-ming Plain in western Kwangtung and Ssu-i (including Hsin-hui, Kai-ping, Tai-shan, and En-ping) where the population density per square kilometer averages 300."
- 2 A dialect of Cantonese Chinese mainly spoken in Jiangmen.
Example
More examples"Aside from these two deltas, other densely-populated areas are the southern Mu-ming Plain in western Kwangtung and Ssu-i (including Hsin-hui, Kai-ping, Tai-shan, and En-ping) where the population density per square kilometer averages 300."
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 四邑 (Sìyì).
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