巴 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 尾巴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 巴士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
巴巴多斯 bā bā duō sī
Barbados
巴洛克 bā luò kè
baroque (loanword)
戈尔巴乔夫 gē ěr bā qiáo fū
Gorbachev
哈巴狗 hǎ bā gǒu
(fig.) sycophant; lackey; pekingese (dog)
奥尔巴尼 ào ěr bā ní
Albany, New York
津巴布韦 jīn bā bù wéi
Zimbabwe
结结巴巴 jiē jiē bā ba
stammeringly
巴登 bā dēng
Baden (region in Germany)
巴尔干半岛 bā ěr gàn bàn dǎo
Balkan Peninsula
巴尔扎克 bā ěr zhā kè
Honoré de Balzac, French novelist
淋巴细胞 lín bā xì bāo
lymphocyte
亚拉巴马 yà lā bā mǎ
Alabama, US state
巴拉克 bā lā kè
Barack, Barak, Ballack (name)
巴林 bā lín
Bahrain
狐狸尾巴 hú li wěi ba
lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions
锅巴 guō bā
guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan)
可怜巴巴 kě lián bā bā
pitiful; pathetic
阿里巴巴 ā lǐ bā bā
Alibaba, PRC e-commerce company
亚拉巴马州 yà lā bā mǎ zhōu
Alabama, US state
巴利 bā lì
Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon; Barry (name)
盐巴 yán bā
table salt
巴士拉 bā shì lā
Basra (city in Iraq)
眼巴巴 yǎn bā bā
waiting anxiously; impatient
喀尔巴阡山脉 kā ěr bā qiān shān mài
Carpathian Mountains in Central Europe
巴拿马城 bā ná mǎ chéng
Panama City
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