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巴子
巴子
Chinese
(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)
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child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
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simp. and trad. (巴子) |
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄗ˙
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba.tzy
- IPA (key): /pa̠⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: baa1 zi2
- Yale: bā jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: baa1 dzi2
- IPA (key): /pɑː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: pa tsr (T1)
- IPA (key): /pᴀ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/
- (Shanghainese)
Noun
巴子
- (Wu, derogatory) hick; villager; yokel
- lump; gobbet
- 只見那向陽處有幾個小妖，拿些人肉巴子，一塊-塊理著曬哩。 [MSC, trad.]
- 只见那向阳处有几个小妖，拿些人肉巴子，一块-块理着晒哩。 [MSC, simp.]
- From: 西遊記 (Journey to the West), chapter 86 (translation adapted from the WJF Jenner translation)
- Zhǐjiàn nà xiàngyáng chù yǒu jǐge xiǎoyāo, ná xiē rénròu bāzi, yīkuàikuài lǐ zhe shài li. [Pinyin]
- He saw some junior devils setting out gobbets of human flesh to dry in a sunny spot.
- (dialectal, vulgar) female genitalia; ****
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄗˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Batzyy
- IPA (key): /pa̠⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: baa1 zi2
- Yale: bā jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: baa1 dzi2
- IPA (key): /pɑː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Proper noun
巴子
- (historical) Short for 巴子國／巴子国, alternative term for 巴國／巴国 (“state of Ba”).