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)

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Words containing 巴

Word Meaning
Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java
Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java
Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java
Zanzibar
samba (Tw) (loanword)
(female usage) older brother (loanword from Korean "oppa")
(female usage) older brother (loanword from Korean "oppa")
woman of mature years (Japanese loanword); older female
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Europe
Europe; abbr. to ōu zhōu
Europe; abbr. to ōu zhōu
Beelzebub
Beelzebub
millibar; unit of air pressure
Warren Buffett, US investor
Warren Buffett, famous US investor
Saybagh District of Urumqi, Xinjiang
Saybagh District of Urumqi, Xinjiang
Saybag District of Urumqi, Xinjiang
Sabah, state of Malaysia in north Borneo pó luó zhōu
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
Zimbabwe
lymph; lymphatic fluid