巴楚

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)	distinct; clear; orderly distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; ancient place name; surname
simp. and trad. (巴楚)		巴	楚

Etymology

Shortened from 巴爾楚克／巴尔楚克.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bāchǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄔㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ co²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bāchǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄔㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bachǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Pa¹-chʻu³
    • Yale: Bā-chǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bachuu
    • Palladius: Бачу (Baču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ co²
    • Yale: bā chó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ tso²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ co²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː³⁵/

Proper noun

巴楚

1. (～縣) Maralbexi, Bachu (a county of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China)

Descendants

• English: Bachu, Pa-ch'u