chilip

名词 n.
英 /ˈt͡ʃɪ.lɪp/    美 /ˈt͡ʃɪ.lɪp/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A foreigner, especially a Westerner; someone from outside Bhutan or the broader Tibetan cultural sphere. colloquial
    — Tshomo, a young herdswoman from Laya who lives with her herd of yaks on a lonely mountain pasture, hears his cries, saves the chilip, and soon takes him under her wing in every sense of the word.

词形变化

chilips plural

词源

Borrowed from Dzongkha ཕྱི་གླིང་པ (phyi gling pa, literally “person from the outer continent”). A common folk etymology links it to grey hair, referring to the lighter hair color of many Westerners.
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