auxi

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English auxiliary.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ok¹ si²

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• 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

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) auxiliary police

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Latin

Verb

auxī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of augeō