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巴士

Mandarin · pinyin bā shì

bus (loanword)
motor coach

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巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
士: shì · scholar, gentleman; soldier

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1–4 · ba1 shi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

baa1 si2

Cantonese word readings for 巴士. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun · Etymology 1

(regional) bus (Classifier: 輛／辆 m; 架 c; 部 c)

name · Etymology 2

(～海峽) Bashi Channel

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