巴戟

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)	a lance with two points
simp. and trad. (巴戟)		巴	戟

Etymology

Short for 巴戟天 (bājǐtiān) that is in common use.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bājǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ gik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bājǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bajǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-chi³
    • Yale: bā-jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bajii
    • Palladius: бацзи (baczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ gik¹
    • Yale: bā gīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ gik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ gig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ kɪk̚⁵/

Noun

巴戟

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) root of Morinda officinalis