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巴

Bā

Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan) / abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing / surname Ba / abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian / abbr. for Pakistan

4 strokes Noun Very Common (0%)

Character Breakdown

巴
bā
to desire, to wish for
HSK 5

Alternate Dictionary Entries

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<bāshì>]] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as [[尾巴<wěiba>]], tail

Additional Information

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
HSK Word Level
—
Character Frequency
545
Word Frequency
282