巴

bā

Other characters with the syllable ba: see all 13 →

Meaning

Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan)
the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality
bound formabbr. for 巴勒斯坦[Ba1 le4 si1 tan3] (Palestine), 巴基斯坦[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3] (Pakistan) or 巴西[Ba1 xi1] (Brazil)

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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
surname Ba

Example

上巴士吧。

Let's get on the bus.

From 巴士 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Words containing 巴

巴士bāshìbus (loanword)HSK 4 大巴dàbā(coll.) large busHSK 4 尾巴wěibatailHSK 4 嘴巴zuǐbamouthHSK 4 巴不得bābudé(coll.) to be eager forHSK 7-9

More HSK 4 characters

阿āprefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarityHSK 4 矮ǎi(of a person) shortHSK 4 案àn(legal) caseHSK 4 暗àndarkHSK 4 摆bǎito arrangeHSK 4 败bàito defeatHSK 4 伴bànpartner; companion; comrade; associateHSK 4 薄báothinHSK 4 宝bǎojewelHSK 4 抱bàoto holdHSK 4

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