# 巴西
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Bāxī
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baa$^1$ sai$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ba$^1$ lhai$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): Pâ-sî
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ba$^1$ xi$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): Bă-sái
* Eastern Min (BUC): Bă-să̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Pa-se / Pa-sai
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ba$^1$ sai$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$pa-shi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Bāxī
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Basi
*** Wade–Giles: Pa$^1$-hsi$^1$
*** Yale: Bā-syī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bashi
*** Palladius: Баси (Basi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pä⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baa$^1$ sai$^1$
*** Yale: bā sāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baa$^1$ sai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ba$^1$ sei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /paː⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ba$^1$ lhai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pa³³ ɬai³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pâ-sî
*** Hakka Romanization System: ba$^ˊ$ xi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ba$^1$ xi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ba$^1$ xi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pa⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Bă-sái
*** Sinological IPA : /pa²⁴ sai⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Bă-să̤
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* Pa-se - Brazil;
* Pa-sai - Pasay City.

### Etymology 1

* Bă-să̤ (Eastern Min)
* 巴西 (Gan)
* Pâ-sî (Hakka)
* 巴西 (Classical)
* 巴西 (Southern Min)
* 巴西 (Wu)
* 巴西 (Cantonese)
* 巴西 (Written Standard Chinese)

#### 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:
       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

* 巴西郡 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 巴西縣 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 巴西鎭 (Written Standard Chinese)

#### Proper noun

巴西
* (～郡) an ancient commandery in modern Sichuan
* (～縣) an ancient county, seat of Mian Prefecture, modern Mianyang, Sichuan
    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

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)