巴仙

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (巴仙)		巴	仙

Etymology

Borrowed from English percent.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ sin¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): pa-sián

(Teochew, Peng'im): ba¹ siang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: bāxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄒㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bashian
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    八仙
    巴仙
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹ sin¹
  - Yale: bā sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ xin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑː⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa-sián
  - Tâi-lô: pa-sián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pasiern
  - IPA (Singapore): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɛn⁴²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ba¹ siang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pa siang
  - IPA ^(key): /pa³³⁻²³ siaŋ³³/

Noun

巴仙

(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)

Derived terms

巴仙率 (bāxiānlǜ)

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