巴戟

Chinese

		(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)	a lance with two points
simp. and trad. (巴戟)		巴	戟

Etymology

Short for 巴戟天 (bājǐtiān) that is in common use.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bājǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄐㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ gik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bājǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄐㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bajǐ
  - Wade–Giles: pa¹-chi³
  - Yale: bā-jǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bajii
  - Palladius: бацзи (baczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹ gik¹
  - Yale: bā gīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ gik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ gig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ kɪk̚⁵/

Noun

巴戟

(traditional Chinese medicine) root of Morinda officinalis

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