Brazil in Chinese

巴西

Bā xī

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Brazil is written in Chinese as 巴西. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Bā xī — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

巴Bā
西xī

巴西 is written with 2 characters: 巴 (Bā), 西 (xī). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Brazil.

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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference