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巴士

bā shì · ba shi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. bus (loanword)
  2. motor coach
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  1. Liangliang

    巴士(bāshì)怎么(zěnme)还(hái)不(bù)来(lái)？我(wǒ)饿(è)了(le)。

    Why is the bus not here yet? I am hungry.

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，来(lái)了(le)一(yī)辆(liàng)巴士(bāshì)！

    Look, a bus is coming!

  3. Liangliang

    那(nà)辆(liàng)是(shì)三十(sānshí)路(lù)，我们(wǒmen)要(yào)坐(zuò)五十(wǔshí)路(lù)。

    That is route thirty. We need route fifty.

  4. Dengdeng

    五十(wǔshí)路(lù)的(de)巴士(bāshì)刚(gāng)走(zǒu)了(le)。

    The route fifty bus just left.

  5. Liangliang

    走路(zǒulù)吧(ba)，夜市(yèshì)就(jiù)在(zài)前面(qiánmiàn)。

    Let us walk. The night market is right ahead.

  6. Dengdeng

    夜市(yèshì)这么(zhème)近(jìn)，我们(wǒmen)为什么(wèishénme)等(děng)了(le)半个小时(bàngexiǎoshí)巴士(bāshì)？

    The night market is so close. Why did we wait half an hour for the bus?

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)们(men)昨(zuó)天(tiān)乘(chéng)巴(bā)士(shì)去(qù)了(le)动(dòng)物(wù)园(yuán)。

They went to the zoo by bus yesterday.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)辆(liàng)巴(bā)士(shì)开(kāi)往(wǎng)市(shì)中(zhōng)心(xīn)，票(piào)价(jià)很(hěn)便(pián)宜(yi)。

This bus goes to the city center, and the fare is very cheap.

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巴
bā

to long for; to wish

士
shì

member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old)

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