帕萨 (Pàsà): Passa / Pasa (foreign-name tran…

Meanings

1 Passa / Pasa (foreign-name transliteration; clipped form of 帕萨特 Passat)

Characters

帕

pà

(phonetic; also: kerchief)

萨

sà

(phonetic, foreign names)

Examples

他开了一辆帕萨特，大家都简称帕萨。

Tā kāi le yī liàng Pàsàtè, dàjiā dōu jiǎnchēng Pàsà.

He drives a Passat, which everyone just shortens to "Pasa."

这位角色叫帕萨。

Zhè wèi juésè jiào Pàsà.

This character is called Pasa.

Tips

usage

帕萨 most often appears as a clipped colloquial form of 帕萨特 (Pàsàtè, the Volkswagen Passat — extremely popular in mainland China). It can also serve as a generic phonetic transliteration for foreign names containing the syllables "pa-sa." Context decides which.