百色

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (百色)		百	色

Etymology

From Zhuang Baksaek, which is composed of bak (“mouth”) and saek (“to block”) – "blocked mountain pass". Alternatively, it may instead be composed of bak (“mouth”) and saeg (“to wash clothes”) – "the place where clothes are washed".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bǎisè, Bósè

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄙㄜˋ, ㄅㄛˊ ㄙㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ sik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bǎisè
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄙㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Bǎisè
  - Wade–Giles: Pai³-sê⁴
  - Yale: Bǎi-sè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Baeseh
  - Palladius: Байсэ (Bajsɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bósè
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄙㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Bósè
  - Wade–Giles: Po²-sê⁴
  - Yale: Bwó-sè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Borseh
  - Palladius: Босэ (Bosɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/

Note: Bósè - dated.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak³ sik¹
  - Yale: baak sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag³ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ sɪk̚⁵/

Proper noun

百色

(～市) Baise, Bose (a prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China)

Descendants

→ English: Baise, Bose, Poseh
→ Zhuang: Bwzswz