巴 in English ba1 Meaning

Meanings

  • to long for
  • to wish
  • to cling to
  • to stick to
  • sth that sticks
  • close to
  • next to
  • spread open
  • informal abbreviation for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]
  • bar (unit of pressure)
  • nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail

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Pinyin

ba1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

ba1Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan)