巴士

Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(巴士)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bus via Cantonese; for Taiwanese Hakka and Hokkien, via Japanese バス (basu) instead.

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Noun

巴士

  1. (regional) bus (Classifier: m;  c;  c)
    機場巴士机场巴士   jīchǎng bāshì   airport bus
    巴士 [MSC, trad.]
    巴士 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de chē zhuàng shàng le bāshì. [Pinyin]
    His car collided with the bus.
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Proper noun

巴士

  1. (~海峽) Bashi Channel
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