巴 ba

greatly desire, anxiously hope

HSK 5 #546

DEFINITIONS

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
  • 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[ba1 shi4]
  • bar (unit of pressure)
  • nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail

STROKES

WORDS

一巴掌 yī bā zhǎng a slap (with one's palm)
狗尾巴 gǒu wěi bā dog tail
摇尾巴 yáo wěi bā wag one's tail; to wag the tail
黎巴嫩山 lí bā nèn shān the Lebanon Mountains
磕巴 kē bā stutter; stammer
巴刹里 bā shā lǐ market; bazaar
张大嘴巴 zhāng dà zuǐ ba yawn widely
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