baa1 si6 zaam6巴士站
Jyutpingbaa1 si6 zaam6
Yalebā sih jaahm
Definition
Bus stop; a designated place where buses stop for passengers to board and alight.
colloquialtransportplaces
How it's used
Hong Kongers almost exclusively use 巴士站 to refer to designated bus stops. While you might hear the English loanword bus stop used in casual speech, 巴士站 is the standard term in both formal and informal contexts. It is common to pair this with 喺 to indicate location, such as 喺巴士站等車.
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Which bus stop are you getting off at?
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