巴林

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (巴林)		巴	林

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bālín

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ lam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pa-lîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bālín
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Balín
    • Wade–Giles: Pa¹-lin²
    • Yale: Bā-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Balin
    • Palladius: Балинь (Balinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ lam⁴
    • Yale: bā làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: Pa-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paliim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pa³³ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² lim¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ lim²³/

Etymology 1

Qing-era transliteration of Manchu ᠪᠠᡵᡳᠨ (barin), from Classical Mongolian ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠷᠢᠨ (baɣarin), from Middle Mongol 巴阿邻 (baɣarin).

Proper noun

巴林

1. (historical) (～部) Baarin (a Mongolian tribe during the Ming and Qing dynasties)

Derived terms

• 巴林右翼旗
• 巴林左翼旗
• 巴林右旗
• 巴林左旗

See also

• 巴仁 (Bārén)

Etymology 2

From English Bahrain, from Arabic اَلْبَحْرَيْنُ m (al-baḥraynu, “Bahrain”).

Proper noun

巴林

1. Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)