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把
bà
1. handle
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

把
bǎ
to grasp, to hold; to guard, to take; handle
HSK 3 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

把握
bǎwò
to grasp (also fig.)
HSK 5
把柄
bǎbǐng
handle
把玩
bǎwán
to turn around in one's hands
把稳
bǎwěn
trustworthy
把总
bǎzǒng
low-level officer of the army from the Ming to the mid Qing Dynasty
把脉
bǎmài
to feel the pulse
把舵
bǎduò
to hold the rudder
把袂
bǎmèi
to have an intimate friendship
把酒
bǎjiǔ
to raise one's wine cup
车把
chēbǎ
handlebar (bicycle etc)
舵把
duòbǎ
tiller of a boat
把风
bǎfēng
to keep watch (during a clandestine activity)
个把
gèbǎ
one or two
倒把
dǎobǎ
to play the market
把头
bǎtóu
labor contractor
把关
bǎguān
to guard a pass
HSK 6
刹把
shābǎ
brake lever
火把
huǒbǎ
torch
吸把
xībǎ
toilet plunger
严把
yánbǎ
to be strict

Example Sentences (1)

每次下课前，我都会把下次学生需要带的东西写在黑板上，
Měi cì xià kè qián, wǒ dōu huì bǎ xià cì xuéshēng xūyào dài de dōngxi xiě zài hēibǎn shàng,
Before each class ends, I write on the blackboard the things students need to bring next time,
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Alternate Entries

把
bǎ
to hold / to contain / to grasp / to take hold of / handle / particle marking the following noun as a direct object / classifier for objects with handle / classifier for small objects: handful
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
109
Word Frequency Rank
43 of 84,292