閘巴

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Chinese

gear; watergate
(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)
 
trad. (閘巴)
simp. (闸巴)

Etymology

(baa1) is from English bar.

Pronunciation


Noun

閘巴

  1. (Cantonese) boom barrier

Synonyms