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ba1shi

a word from vocabulary Mandarin Chinese by Thekla Wiebusch

Word form	ba1shi
Original script	巴士
LWT meaning(s)	the bus
Comments on word	Dialectal (HK/Cantonese)
Analyzability	unanalyzable
Age	Modern [22] (1850–2007)
Register	Dialectal

Loanword Information

Borrowed status	1. clearly borrowed
Source words	bus 'bus' English
Effect	Insertion
Salience	Present only since contact
Contact situation	(Pre-)Colonial contact [22]