巴 meaning and pronunciation

巴
Simplified/traditional character

巴 English definition

bā
  • 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

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 〨 : numeral 8 in Suzhou numeral system 蘇州碼子|苏州码子[Su1 zhou1 ma3 zi5];
  • 丷 : eight' component in Chinese characters; archaic variant of 八[ba1];
  • 八 : eight; 8;
  • 叭 : denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc);
  • 峇 : (used in transliteration);
  • 扒 : to hold on to; to cling to; to dig up; to rake; to push aside; to climb; to pull out; to strip off;
  • 捌 : eight (banker's anti-fraud numeral); split;
  • 朳 : tree;
  • 疤 : scar; scab;
  • 笆 : an article made of bamboo strips; fence;
  • 粑 : a round flat cake (dialect);
  • 芭 : a herb; banana;
  • 蚆 : a kind of shell;
  • 豝 : corned beef; female pig; sow;

Words containing 巴, by HSK level

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