巴國

Chinese

		(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish (suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)	country; state; nation
trad. (巴國)		巴	國
simp. (巴国)		巴	国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bāguó

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ gwok³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pa-kok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bāguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Baguó
  - Wade–Giles: Pa¹-kuo²
  - Yale: Bā-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bagwo
  - Palladius: Баго (Bago)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹ gwok³
  - Yale: bā gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-kok
  - Tâi-lô: Pa-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pa'kog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pa³³ kɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/

Proper noun

巴國

(historical) Ba (an ancient state in eastern Sichuan, China)
short for 巴基斯坦 (Bājīsītǎn, “Pakistan”)
short for 巴拿馬／巴拿马 (Bānámǎ, “Panama”)