巴 Bā ㄅㄚ baa1
- Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan)
- the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality
- surname Ba
- (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦 Bā lè sī tǎn ㄅㄚ ㄌㄜˋ ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ (Palestine), 巴基斯坦 Bā jī sī tǎn ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ (Pakistan) or 巴西 Bā xī ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧ (Brazil)
巴 bā ㄅㄚ baa1
- 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 bā shì ㄅㄚ ㄕˋ
- bar (unit of pressure)
- nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴 wěi ba ㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄅㄚ, tail
Stroke order
Practice writing
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Example sentences
- 別結巴！ Don't stutter!
- 我在結巴。 I am stuttering.
- 上巴士吧。 Let's get on the bus.
- 她去过巴黎。 She has been to Paris.
- 我去過巴黎。 I have been in Paris.
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