巴西

Chinese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bāxī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄒㄧ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baa¹ sai¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ba¹ lhai¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Pâ-sî

(Meixian, Guangdong): ba¹ xi¹
Northern Min (KCR): Bă-sái
Eastern Min (BUC): Bă-să̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Pa-se / Pa-sai

(Teochew, Peng'im): ba¹ sai¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pa-shi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bāxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Basi
  - Wade–Giles: Pa¹-hsi¹
  - Yale: Bā-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bashi
  - Palladius: Баси (Basi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹ sai¹
  - Yale: bā sāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ sai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ sei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ba¹ lhai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa³³ ɬai³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pâ-sî
  - Hakka Romanization System: ba^ˊ xi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ba¹ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ba¹ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pa⁴⁴ ɕi⁴⁴/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Bă-sái
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²⁴ sai⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Bă-să̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵⁵ ^(s-)lɛ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-se
  - Tâi-lô: Pa-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pasef
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pa³³ se³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-sai
  - Tâi-lô: Pa-sai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pasay
  - IPA (Philippines): /pa³³ sai³³/

Note:

Pa-se - Brazil;
Pa-sai - Pasay City.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: ba¹ sai¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pa sai
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa³³⁻²³ sai³³/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹pa-shi
  - MiniDict: pa^平 shi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pa-xi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pa⁵⁵ ɕi²¹/

Etymology 1

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (巴西)		巴	西
anagram		西巴

Proper noun

巴西

Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)
- 1848, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], editor, 瀛寰志略, volume 9, page 3:
  
  其時，葡萄牙有海舶遭風，飄至亞墨利加之巴西，見其土地空闊，徙國人墾種之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  其时，葡萄牙有海舶遭风，飘至亚墨利加之巴西，见其土地空阔，徙国人垦种之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Qíshí, Pútáoyá yǒu hǎibó zāo fēng, piāo zhì Yàmòlìjiā zhī Bāxī, jiàn qí tǔdì kōngkuò, xǐ guórén kěnzhǒng zhī. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

巴西利亞 / 巴西利亚 (Bāxīlìyà)
巴西柔術 / 巴西柔术 (Bāxī róushù)
巴西聯邦共和國 / 巴西联邦共和国
巴西高原

Etymology 2

		Ba (ancient state)	west
simp. and trad. (巴西)		巴	西
anagram		西巴

Proper noun

巴西

(～郡) an ancient commandery in modern Sichuan
(～縣) an ancient county, seat of Mian Prefecture, modern Mianyang, Sichuan
- 纔喜中原息戰鼙，又聞天子幸巴西。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  才喜中原息战鼙，又闻天子幸巴西。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 886, 韋莊 (Wei Zhuang),《聞再幸梁洋》
  Cái xǐ Zhōngyuán xī zhànpí, yòu wén tiānzǐ xìng Bāxī. [Pinyin]
  Just as I was rejoicing that peace had returned to the Central Plains,
  news arrived that the Emperor had once again fled to Baxi County.
(～鎮) Baxi (a town in Zoigê, Ngawa, Sichuan, China)

Etymology 3

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (巴西)		巴	西
anagram		西巴

Borrowed from Tagalog Pasay via Hokkien.

Proper noun

巴西

(Philippines) (～市) Pasay (a city in Metro Manila, Philippines)

Synonyms

(Pasay): 帕賽／帕赛 (Pàsài)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Malay pasir.

Proper noun

巴西

Used in place names.
巴西立 ― Bāxīlì ― Pasir Ris (a place in Singapore)

巴西班讓／巴西班让 ― BāxīBānràng ― Pasir Panjang (places in Singapore and Malaysia)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
巴	西

Proper noun

巴西

chữ Hán form of Ba Tây: (dated) Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)