巴西
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Chinese
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baa1 sai1
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): ba1 lhai1
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): Bă-sái
- Eastern Min (BUC): Bă-să̤
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1pa-shi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Basi
- Wade–Giles: Pa1-hsi1
- Yale: Bā-syī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bashi
- Palladius: Баси (Basi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pä⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baa1 sai1
- Yale: bā sāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: baa1 sai1
- Guangdong Romanization: ba1 sei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /paː⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: ba1 lhai1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pa³³ ɬai³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pâ-sî
- Hakka Romanization System: baˊ xiˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ba1 xi1
- Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Bă-sái
- Sinological IPA (key): /pa²⁴ sai⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Bă-să̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /pa⁵⁵ (s-)lɛ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-sai
- Tâi-lô: Pa-sai
- Phofsit Daibuun: pasay
- IPA (Philippines): /pa³³ sai³³/
Note:
- Pa-se - Brazil;
- Pa-sai - Pasay City.
Etymology 1
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (巴西) |
巴 | 西 | |
Proper noun
巴西
- Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
| Ba (ancient state) | west | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (巴西) |
巴 | 西 | |
Proper noun
巴西
- an ancient commandery in modern Sichuan
Etymology 3
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (巴西) |
巴 | 西 | |
Borrowed from Tagalog Pasay via Hokkien.
Proper noun
巴西
- (Philippines) (～市) Pasay (a city in Metro Manila, Philippines)
Synonyms
Etymology 4
Proper noun
巴西