巴蜀

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

  (Pinyin): Bāshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ suk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bāshǔ
    • 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⁾/
• 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/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

巴蜀

1. (historical) the kingdoms of Ba (巴) and Shu (蜀) which existed within the Sichuan Basin (?–c. 316 BCE)
2. (by extension) the area of the Sichuan Basin, covered by modern-day Sichuan province and city of Chongqing

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Thai ประจวบ (“Prachuap”, short for Prachuap Khiri Khan), via Teochew.

Proper noun

巴蜀

1. (～府) Prachuap Khiri Khan (a province of Thailand)

Synonyms

• 班武里
• 巴蜀吉利