巴士
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Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (巴士) |
巴 | 士 | |
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English bus via Cantonese; for Taiwanese Hakka and Hokkien, via Japanese バス (basu) instead.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baa1 si6-2
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): ba2 si4*
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baa1 si6-2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pa-sṳ́
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄕˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bashìh
- Wade–Giles: pa1-shih4
- Yale: bā-shr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bashyh
- Palladius: баши (baši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baa1 si6-2
- Yale: bā sí
- Cantonese Pinyin: baa1 si6-2
- Guangdong Romanization: ba1 xi6-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /paː⁵⁵ siː²²⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: ba2 si4*
- Sinological IPA (key): /pa⁵⁵ si²¹⁻²¹⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pa-sṳ́
- Hakka Romanization System: ba siiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ba4 si3
- Sinological IPA: /pa⁵⁵ sɨ³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bá-suh
- Tâi-lô: bá-suh
- Phofsit Daibuun: bafsuq
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suʔ³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /ba⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Lukang, Sanxia, Taipei, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu)
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ba1 se6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pa sṳ̆
- Sinological IPA (key): /pa³³⁻²³ sɯ³⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
巴士
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 公共汽車 (“(public) bus”)
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄕˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Bashìh
- Wade–Giles: Pa1-shih4
- Yale: Bā-shr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bashyh
- Palladius: Баши (Baši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baa1 si6
- Yale: bā sih
- Cantonese Pinyin: baa1 si6
- Guangdong Romanization: ba1 xi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /paː⁵⁵ siː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-sū
- Tâi-lô: Pa-sū
- Phofsit Daibuun: pasu
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Proper noun
巴士