九巴

Chinese

		nine	(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)
simp. and trad. (九巴)		九	巴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiǔbā

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² baa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǔbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiǒuba
    • Wade–Giles: Chiu³-pa¹
    • Yale: Jyǒu-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jeouba
    • Palladius: Цзюба (Czjuba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² baa¹
    • Yale: gáu bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ paː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

九巴

1. (Hong Kong) Short for 九龍巴士／九龙巴士 (“Kowloon Motor Bus; KMB, a major bus operator in Hong Kong”).