auxi

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English auxiliary.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): ok¹ si²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ok¹ si²
  - Yale: ōk sí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ok⁷ si²
  - Guangdong Romanization: og¹ xi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːk̚⁵ siː³⁵/

Noun

auxi

(Hong Kong Cantonese) auxiliary police

References

English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Latin

Verb

auxī

first-person singular perfect active indicative of augeō

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