巴西

Bāxī
noun #4,297

Meanings

  1. 1 Brazil (country in South America)

Characters

Literally 'clinging to the west' - and Brazil is indeed in the Western Hemisphere. Short and memorable.

Examples

HSK 1
Bāxī shì Nánměizhōu zuì dà de guójiā.
Brazil is the largest country in South America.
HSK 6
Bāxī rén hěn xǐhuan tī zúqiú.
Brazilians love playing football.

Tips

memory
Only two characters. 巴西 is one of the shortest country names in Chinese - easy to remember: (ba) + 西 (west).

Stroke Order

西