巴士

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Chinese

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(巴士)
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Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bus via Cantonese; for Taiwanese Hakka and Hokkien, via Japanese バス (basu) instead.

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巴士

  1. (regional) bus (Classifier: m;  c;  c)
    機場巴士机场巴士  ―  jīchǎng bāshì  ―  airport bus
    巴士 [MSC, trad.]
    巴士 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de chē zhuàng shàng le bāshì.
    His car collided with the bus.
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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

巴士

  1. (~海峽) Bashi Channel