巴蜀

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)	Sichuan
simp. and trad. (巴蜀)		巴	蜀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bāshǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ suk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bāshǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄕㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Bashǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Pa¹-shu³
  - Yale: Bā-shǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bashuu
  - Palladius: Башу (Bašu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹ suk⁶
  - Yale: bā suhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ suk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ sug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ sʊk̚²/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

巴蜀

(historical) the kingdoms of Ba (巴) and Shu (蜀) which existed within the Sichuan Basin (?–c. 316 BCE)
(by extension) the area of the Sichuan Basin, covered by modern-day Sichuan province and city of Chongqing

Derived terms

巴蜀文化
巴蜀方言
巴蜀語 / 巴蜀语 (bāshǔyǔ)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Thai ประจวบ (“Prachuap”, short for Prachuap Khiri Khan), via Teochew.

Proper noun

巴蜀

(～府) Prachuap Khiri Khan (a province of Thailand)

Synonyms

班武里
巴蜀吉利