巴林

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (巴林)		巴	林

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bālín

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ lam⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pa-lîm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bālín
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Balín
  - Wade–Giles: Pa¹-lin²
  - Yale: Bā-lín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Balin
  - Palladius: Балинь (Balinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ lin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹ lam⁴
  - Yale: bā làhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ lam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ lem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-lîm
  - Tâi-lô: Pa-lîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: paliim
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pa³³ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² lim¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ lim²³/

Etymology 1

Qing-era transliteration of Manchu ᠪᠠᡵᡳᠨ (barin), from Classical Mongolian ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠷᠢᠨ (baɣarin), from Middle Mongol 巴阿邻 (baɣarin).

Proper noun

巴林

(historical) (～部) Baarin (a Mongolian tribe during the Ming and Qing dynasties)

Derived terms

巴林右翼旗
巴林左翼旗
巴林右旗
巴林左旗

See also

巴仁 (Bārén)

Etymology 2

From English Bahrain, from Arabic اَلْبَحْرَيْنُ m (al-baḥraynu, “Bahrain”).

Proper noun

巴林

Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia in the Persian Gulf)