電巴

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	(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. (電巴)		電	巴
simp. (电巴)		电	巴

Etymology

From 電／电 (din6, “electricity”) + 巴 (baa1), which is from English busbar.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ baa¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶ baa¹
    • Yale: dihn bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² paː⁵⁵/

Noun

電巴

1. (Hong Kong) busbar duct; busbar (clarification of this definition is needed)

   電巴房／电巴房 [Cantonese]  ―  din⁶ baa¹ fong⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  busbar duct room