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From Hokkien 無啥物／无啥物 (bô siáⁿ-mih, “it's nothing; not a big deal”). Cognate with Mandarin 嘸蝦米／呒虾米 (Wúxiāmǐ).
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Boshiamy
Today it means: An input method for typing Chinese characters that uses the letters of the Latin alphabet to represent radicals. Full definition →