The story
- Cantonese · borrowed from七里
- English todaytsatlee
Borrowed from Cantonese 七里 (cat¹ lei⁵, literally “seven li”), a placename.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tsatlee
Today it means: A high-quality white raw silk from Zhejiang, China, produced mostly for export. Full definition →
Cantonese 七里