巴西

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bāxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baa¹ sai¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ba¹ lhai¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Pâ-sî

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ba¹ xi¹

• Northern Min (KCR): Bă-sái
• Eastern Min (BUC): Bă-să̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Pa-se / Pa-sai

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ba¹ sai¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pa-shi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bāxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Basi
    • Wade–Giles: Pa¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: Bā-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bashi
    • Palladius: Баси (Basi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pâ-sî
    • Hakka Romanization System: ba^ˊ xi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ba¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ba¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pa⁴⁴ ɕi⁴⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Bă-sái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²⁴ sai⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Bă-să̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵⁵ ^(s-)lɛ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-se
    • Tâi-lô: Pa-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pasef
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pa³³ se³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-sai
    • Tâi-lô: Pa-sai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pasay
    • Sinological IPA (Philippines): /pa³³ sai³³/

Note:

• Pa-se - Brazil;
• Pa-sai - Pasay City.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ba¹ sai¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pa sai
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa³³⁻²³ sai³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹pa-shi
    • MiniDict: pa^平 shi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pa-xi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pa⁵⁵ ɕi²¹/

Etymology 1

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (巴西)		巴	西
anagram		西巴

Proper noun

巴西

1. Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)
   • 1848, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], editor, 瀛寰志略, volume 9, page 3:

     其時，葡萄牙有海舶遭風，飄至亞墨利加之巴西，見其土地空闊，徙國人墾種之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其时，葡萄牙有海舶遭风，飘至亚墨利加之巴西，见其土地空阔，徙国人垦种之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Qíshí, Pútáoyá yǒu hǎibó zāo fēng, piāo zhì Yàmòlìjiā zhī Bāxī, jiàn qí tǔdì kōngkuò, xǐ guórén kěnzhǒng zhī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• 巴西利亞 / 巴西利亚 (Bāxīlìyà)
• 巴西柔術 / 巴西柔术 (Bāxī róushù)
• 巴西聯邦共和國 / 巴西联邦共和国
• 巴西高原

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (巴西):

• → Vietnamese: Ba Tây (巴西)

Etymology 2

		Ba (ancient state)	west
simp. and trad. (巴西)		巴	西
anagram		西巴

Proper noun

巴西

1. (～郡) an ancient commandery in modern Sichuan
2. (～縣) an ancient county, seat of Mian Prefecture, modern Mianyang, Sichuan

   • 纔喜中原息戰鼙，又聞天子幸巴西。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     才喜中原息战鼙，又闻天子幸巴西。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 886, 韋莊 (Wei Zhuang),《聞再幸梁洋》

     Cái xǐ Zhōngyuán xī zhànpí, yòu wén tiānzǐ xìng Bāxī. [Pinyin]

     Just as I was rejoicing that peace had returned to the Central Plains,
     news arrived that the Emperor had once again fled to Baxi County.

3. (～鎮) Baxi (a town in Zoigê, Ngawa, Sichuan, China)

Etymology 3

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (巴西)		巴	西
anagram		西巴

Borrowed from Tagalog Pasay via Hokkien.

Proper noun

巴西

1. (Philippines) (～市) Pasay (a city in Metro Manila, Philippines)

Synonyms

• (Pasay): 帕賽／帕赛 (Pàsài)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Malay pasir.

Proper noun

巴西

1. Used in place names.

   巴西立  ―  Bāxīlì  ―  Pasir Ris (a place in Singapore)

   巴西班讓／巴西班让  ―  BāxīBānràng  ―  Pasir Panjang (places in Singapore and Malaysia)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
巴	西

Proper noun

巴西

1. chữ Hán form of Ba Tây: (dated) Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)