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巴西 (Bā xī) — Brazil

Definition

noun
Brazil

Examples

  • 巴西。
    Wǒ qù nián qù guò Bā xī.
    I went to Brazil last year.
  • 巴西。
    Bā xī De zú qiú hěn chū míng.
    Brazil's soccer is very famous.
  • 巴西。
    Wǒ xiǎng qù Bā xī lǚ xíng.
    I want to travel to Brazil.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

巴bā
西xī

巴西 spells the foreign name Brazil; the characters carry no meaning here.

Sound-only characters

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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