波斯

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (波斯)		波	斯

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bōsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ si¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pho-su / Pho-sir

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bōsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bosih
    • Wade–Giles: Po¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: Bwō-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bosy
    • Palladius: Босы (Bosy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹ si¹
    • Yale: bō sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pho-su
    • Tâi-lô: Pho-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoisw
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pho-sir
    • Tâi-lô: Pho-sir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰo³³ sɯ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: pa sje

Rime
Character	波	斯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	博禾切	息移切
Baxter	pa	sje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puɑ/	/siᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/puɑ/	/siɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/puɑ/	/sjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwa/	/siə̆/
Li Rong	/puɑ/	/sie/
Wang Li	/puɑ/	/sǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/puɑ/	/sie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bō	sī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bo1	si1

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 波斯

1. (historical) Persia

See also

• 伊朗 (Yīlǎng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
波	斯
は Grade: 3	し Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Proper noun

波(は)斯(し) • (Hashi) 

波斯(はるしあ) or 波斯(ハルシア) • (Harushia) 

波斯(ぺるしあ) or 波斯(ペルシア) • (Perushia) 

1. Persia

Derived terms

Derived terms with 波斯

• 波斯国(はしこく) (hashikoku)
• 波斯匿(はしのく) (hashinoku)
• 波斯匿王(はしのくおう) (hashinokuō)
• 波斯革(はるしゃがわ) (harushagawa)
• 波斯菊(はるしゃぎく) (harushagiku)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
波	斯

Proper noun

波斯

1. chữ Hán form of Ba Tư (“Persia”).