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巴
bā
1. to long for
2. to wish
3. to cling to
4. to stick to
5. sth that sticks
6. close to
7. next to
8. spread open
9. informal abbr. for bus [[巴士<bāshì>]]
10. bar (unit of pressure)
11. nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as [[尾巴<wěiba>]], tail
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

巴
bā
to desire, to wish for
HSK 5 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

下巴
xiàba
chin
中巴
ZhōngBā
China-Pakistan (relations)
中巴
zhōngbā
minibus
丹巴
Dānbā
Danba county (Tibetan: rong brag rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture [[甘孜藏族自治州]], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
九巴
jiǔbā
Kowloon Motor Bus Company KMB
仲巴
Zhòngbā
Zhongba county, Tibetan: 'Brong pa rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
伦巴
lúnbā
rumba (loanword)
印巴
YìnBā
India and Pakistan
卷巴
juǎnbā
to bundle up
古巴
Gǔbā
Cuba
哑巴
yǎba
mute
嘴巴
zuǐba
mouth
大巴
dàbā
a big coach
小巴
xiǎobā
minibus
尾巴
wěiba
tail
HSK 5
尾巴
yǐba
(coll.) tail (of an animal)
HSK 5
岗巴
Gǎngbā
Gamba county, Tibetan: Gam pa rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
巴县
Bāxiàn
Ba county in Chongqing [[重慶市|重庆市]], Sichuan
巴中
Bāzhōng
Bazhong prefecture level city in Panzhihua [[攀枝花<Pānzhīhuā>]], south Sichuan
巴仙
bāxiān
percent (loanword)

Alternate Entries

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

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
545
Word Frequency Rank
282 of 84,292