百色

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (百色)		百	色

Etymology

From Zhuang Baksaek, which is composed of bak (“mouth”) and saek (“to block”) – "blocked mountain pass". Alternatively, it may instead be composed of bak (“mouth”) and saeg (“to wash clothes”) – "the place where clothes are washed".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bǎisè, Bósè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄙㄜˋ, ㄅㄛˊ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bǎisè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bǎisè
    • Wade–Giles: Pai³-sê⁴
    • Yale: Bǎi-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Baeseh
    • Palladius: Байсэ (Bajsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bósè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bósè
    • Wade–Giles: Po²-sê⁴
    • Yale: Bwó-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Borseh
    • Palladius: Босэ (Bosɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/

Note: Bósè - dated.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ sik¹
    • Yale: baak sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ sɪk̚⁵/

Proper noun

百色

1. (～市) Baise, Bose (a prefecture-level city in Guangxi, China)

Descendants

• → English: Baise, Bose, Poseh
• → Zhuang: Bwzswz