巴仙

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (巴仙)		巴	仙

Etymology

Borrowed from English percent.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ sin¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pa-sián

(Teochew, Peng'im): ba¹ siang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: basian
  - Wade–Giles: pa¹-hsien¹
  - Yale: bā-syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bashian
  - Palladius: басянь (basjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    八仙
    巴仙
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹ sin¹
  - Yale: bā sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ xin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa-sián
  - Tâi-lô: pa-sián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pasiern
  - IPA (Singapore): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn⁴²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ba¹ siang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pa siang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa³³⁻²³ siaŋ³³/

Noun

巴仙

(Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, dated in Hong Kong) percent
九十巴仙 ― jiǔshí bāxiān ― ninety percent

Synonyms

百分之 (bǎifēnzhī) (placed before the number)
(Taiwan) 趴 (pā)
(Hong Kong Cantonsee) percent (poe⁶ sen¹)

Derived terms

巴仙率 (bāxiānlǜ)