巴仙

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (巴仙)		巴	仙

Etymology

Borrowed from English percent.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ sin¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pa-sián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ba¹ siang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: basian
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-hsien¹
    • Yale: bā-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bashian
    • Palladius: басянь (basjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ sin¹
    • Yale: bā sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa-sián
    • Tâi-lô: pa-sián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pasiern
    • IPA (Singapore): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn⁴²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ba¹ siang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pa siang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa³³⁻²³ siaŋ³³/

Noun

巴仙

1. (Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, dated in Hong Kong) percent

   九十巴仙  ―  jiǔshí bāxiān  ―  ninety percent

Synonyms

• 百分之 (bǎifēnzhī) (placed before the number)
• (Taiwan) 趴 (pā)
• (Hong Kong Cantonsee) percent (poe⁶ sen¹)

Derived terms

• 巴仙率 (bāxiānlǜ)