Talk:dim sim


 * I was going to clean up this etymology, but 點心 doesn't have a Taishanese pronunciation, and I don't even know whether this term actually came through Taishanese. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 16:41, 6 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Countability needs sorting out too. Can you have one dim sim, or just "some"? Equinox ◑ 16:43, 6 April 2017 (UTC)


 * And what is the relationship with dim sum? DTLHS (talk) 16:43, 6 April 2017 (UTC)


 * It can't be from Taishanese, since it would be iam2 lhim1 (I haven't added it to the entry because I can't find it in any online Taishanese dictionary). It would have to be from Guangzhou/HK some other Cantonese dialect that has a in 點. — justin(r)leung { (t...) 17:22, 6 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Using this database, most Cantonese dialects pronounce 點 with a initial (often ), but almost no Cantonese variety pronounces 心 as . Borrowing from other varieties of Chinese also seems phonetically unlikely. It seems this is more likely an alteration of dim sum, for ease of pronunciation, or influenced by how 心 is pronounced  in many Hakka and Min dialects. Wyang (talk) 22:21, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I guess my original etymology when I created the page was pretty much on target! Thanks! —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 00:22, 7 April 2017 (UTC)