ba

noun suffix; to stick to; bus

HSK 5 #546

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 546th character
Radical ⼰ (49.1)
Strokes 4
Index # 178

Definitions

巴 bā
  1. 1. nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as wěi ba, tail
  2. 2. to cling to
  3. 3. to stick to
  4. 4. close to
  5. 5. next to
  6. 6. to long for
  7. 7. to wish
  8. 8. informal abbr. for bus bā shì
  9. 9. surname Ba
  10. 10. abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing
  11. 11. abbr. for Pakistan
  12. 12. abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian
  13. 13. spread open
  14. 14. sth that sticks
  15. 15. bar (unit of pressure)
  16. 16. Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan)

Stroke order

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Words containing 巴

Word Meaning
Bavaria
Barents Sea
Barents Sea
Valencia, Spain
percent (loanword)
Berkshire pig; Berkshire swine
Berkshire pig; Berkshire swine
Bacchus, Greek god of wine
Barclay or Berkeley (name)
Barclays Bank
Barclays Bank
Tower of Babel, in Genesis 11:5-foll.
Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon
to consider repeatedly
to consider repeatedly
bazaar (loanword); Taiwan pr. bā chà
bazaar (loanword); Taiwan pr. bā chà
Baal, ancient Canaanite god
parliament (loanword) (old)
parliament (loanword) (old)
Palestinian National Authority
Palestinian National Authority
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)