щи
Dungan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɕi²⁴/
Russian
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- IPA(key): [ɕːi]
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Noun
щи • (šči) f inan pl or m inan pl (genitive щей or щец*, plural only) (* Diminutive)
щи • (šči) f inan pl or m inan pl (genitive щей or щецъ*, plural only) (* Diminutive) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))
- (plural only) shchi
- зелёные щи ― zeljónyje šči ― sorrel soup
- Хо́чешь вчера́шних ще́й? Приходи́ за́втра!
- Xóčešʹ včerášnix ščéj? Prixodí závtra!
- Want yesterday's shchi? Come by tomorrow!
- 1866, Фёдор Достоевский, “Часть I, Глава III”, in Преступление и наказание; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Crime and Punishment, 1914:
- — Сайку я тебе сею минутою принесу, а не хошь ли вместо колбасы-то щей? Хорошие щи, вчерашние. Еще вчера тебе отставила, да ты пришел поздно. Хорошие щи.
- — Sajku ja tebe seju minutoju prinesu, a ne xošʹ li vmesto kolbasy-to ščej? Xorošije šči, včerašnije. Ješče včera tebe otstavila, da ty prišel pozdno. Xorošije šči.
- "The loaf I'll fetch you this very minute, but wouldn't you rather have some cabbage soup instead of sausage? It's capital soup, yesterday's. I saved it for you yesterday, but you came in late. It's fine soup."
- (slang, offensive) face, mug
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