巴蜀
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Chinese
(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish (suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure) |
Sichuan | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (巴蜀) |
巴 | 蜀 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄕㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Bashǔ
- Wade–Giles: Pa1-shu3
- Yale: Bā-shǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bashuu
- Palladius: Башу (Bašu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pä⁵⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baa1 suk6
- Yale: bā suhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: baa1 suk9
- Guangdong Romanization: ba1 sug6
- Sinological IPA (key): /paː⁵⁵ sʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Etymology 1
Proper noun
巴蜀
- (historical) the kingdoms of Ba (巴) and Shu (蜀) which existed within the Sichuan Basin (?–c. 316 BCE)
- (by extension) the area of the Sichuan Basin, covered by modern-day Sichuan province and city of Chongqing
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Phono-semantic matching of Thai ประจวบ (“Prachuap”, short for Prachuap Khiri Khan), via Teochew.
Proper noun
巴蜀
- (～府) Prachuap Khiri Khan (a province of Thailand)