閘巴

Chinese

		gear; watergate	(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)
trad. (閘巴)		閘	巴
simp. (闸巴)		闸	巴

Etymology

巴 (baa¹) is from English bar.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap⁶ baa¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaap⁶ baa¹
    • Yale: jaahp bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap⁹ baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zab⁶ ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːp̚² paː⁵⁵/

Noun

閘巴

1. (Cantonese) boom barrier

Synonyms

• 閘桿／闸杆