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霸
bà
1. hegemon
2. tyrant
3. lord
4. feudal chief
5. to rule by force
6. to usurp
7. (in modern advertising) master
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 21 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

霸
bà
tyrant; to usurp, to rule by might
HSK 6 21 丶

Compound Words (20)

霸气
bàqì
aggressiveness
恶霸
èbà
evil tyrant
波霸
bōbà
(slang) (loanword) big boobs
浴霸
yùbà
bathroom infrared heater, marketed as "bath master"
争霸
zhēngbà
to contend for hegemony
独霸
dúbà
lit. sole hegemony
称霸
chēngbà
lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon
考霸
kǎobà
"exam master", sb who takes many exams and aces all of them
路霸
lùbà
highway tyrant
霸主
bàzhǔ
a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
霸占
bàzhàn
to occupy by force
霸凌
bàlíng
bullying (loanword)
霸州
Bàzhōu
Bazhou county level city in Langfang [[廊坊<Lángfáng>]], Hebei
霸业
bàyè
the business of hegemony
霸机
bàjī
(of passengers) to collectively sit-in after the plane has landed (as protest against bad service etc) (Tw)
霸权
bàquán
hegemony
五霸
Wǔbà
the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period [[春秋<Chūnqiū>]]
霸王
bàwáng
hegemon
霸县
Bàxiàn
Ba county in Tianjin
霸道
bàdào
the Way of the Hegemon
HSK 6

Alternate Entries

霸
bà
variant of [[霸<bà>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,837
Word Frequency Rank
2,178 of 84,292

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