| 巴蜀 |
Bā shǔ |
Sichuan / originally two provinces of Qin and Han |
| 巴 |
Bā |
Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan) / the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality / surname Ba / abbr. for 巴勒斯坦 (Palestine), 巴基斯坦 (Pakistan) or 巴西 (Brazil) |
| 巴 |
bā |
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail |
| 蜀 |
Shǔ |
short name for Sichuan 四川 province / one of the Three Kingdoms 三国 after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀汉, situated around what is now Sichuan province |