巴士海峡

巴士海峽

BāshìHǎixiá

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Meanings

1 Bashi Channel
2 Luzon Strait (between Taiwan and the Philippines)

Characters

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Examples

巴士海峡连接太平洋和南海。

Bāshì Hǎixiá liánjiē Tàipíngyáng hé Nán Hǎi.

The Bashi Channel connects the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea.

台风经过巴士海峡进入南海。

Táifēng jīngguò Bāshì Hǎixiá jìnrù Nán Hǎi.

The typhoon passed through the Bashi Channel into the South China Sea.

Tips

culture

The Bashi Channel separates Taiwan from the Batanes Islands of the Philippines and is a strategically important shipping lane. Chinese media and military discussions of the first island chain frequently mention 巴士海峡 as the southern exit into the Pacific.

memory

巴士 (bāshì) also means 'bus' (loanword), but here it transliterates 'Bashi' — the Ivatan name for the channel. Picture a bus driving across the strait to remember the sound.

Stroke Order

巴 bā

士 shì

海 hǎi

峡 xiá