巴士
Meaning
- bus (loanword)
- motor coach
Example sentence
上巴士吧。
Let's get on the bus.
Characters in 巴士
- 巴 bā to cling to, to hope for; also written for foreign sounds
- 士 shì scholar; a person of a given trade
巴 and 士 carry only sound here, borrowed from the English bus. 公共汽车 is the native word; 巴士 is commoner in the south and in Hong Kong.