巴
bā
Pinyin

Definition

巴
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bā
  1. to long for
  2. to wish
  3. to cling to
  4. to stick to
  5. sth that sticks
  6. close to
  7. next to
  8. spread open
  9. informal abbr. for bus 巴士[bā shì]
  10. bar (unit of pressure)
  11. nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wěi ba], tail
巴
 - 
Bā
  1. Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan)
  2. abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing
  3. surname Ba
  4. abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian
  5. abbr. for Pakistan

Character Decomposition

Compounds (25)

把
bǎ
  1. 1 to hold
  2. 2 to contain
  3. 3 to grasp
  4. 4 to take hold of
  5. 5 handle
  6. 6 particle marking the following noun as a direct object
  7. 7 classifier for objects with handle
  8. 8 classifier for small objects: handful
把
bà
  1. 1 handle
色
sè
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 classifier: 种 zhǒng
  3. 3 look
  4. 4 appearance
  5. 5 sex
色
shǎi
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 dice
吧
bā
  1. 1 bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)
  2. 2 to puff (on a pipe etc)
  3. 3 (onom.) bang
  4. 4 abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tiē bā]

Related Words (20)

下巴
xià ba
  1. 1 chin
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
嘴巴
zuǐ ba
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 classifier: 张 zhāng
  3. 3 slap in the face
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
大巴
dà bā
  1. 1 (coll.) large bus
  2. 2 coach
  3. 3 (abbr. for 大型巴士)
尾巴
wěi ba
  1. 1 tail
  2. 2 colloquial pr. [yǐ ba]
巴
Bā
  1. 1 Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan)
  2. 2 abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing
  3. 3 surname Ba
  4. 4 abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian
  5. 5 abbr. for Pakistan

Idioms (12)

哑巴吃黄莲
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
  1. 1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连
  3. 3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
  1. 1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲
  3. 3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
  1. 1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
  3. 3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
巴三览四
bā sān lǎn sì
  1. 1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
巴前算后
bā qián suàn hòu
  1. 1 thinking and pondering (idiom); to turn sth over in one's mind
  2. 2 to consider repeatedly

Sample Sentences

条件反射最广为人知的实验是在19世纪末由俄国生理学家巴甫洛夫所进行的。
tiáojiànfǎnshè zuì guǎngwéirénzhī de shíyàn shì zài shìjì mò yóu Éguó shēnglǐxuéjiā BāfǔLuòfū suǒ jìnxíng de 。
The most well-known conditioned reflex experiment was carried out at the end of 19th century by a Russian physiologist, Pavlov.
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你看看，现在不只有座位了，还开辟了品茶室，不用像你那样做个苦巴巴的书虫了。
nǐ kànkan ，xiànzài bù zhǐ yǒu zuòwèi le ，hái kāipì le pǐnchá Shì ，búyòng xiàng nǐ nàyàng zuò ge Kǔbābā de shūchóng le 。
Look, apart from chairs there is even a cafe. There is no need to be a pathetic bookworm like before.
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怎么会苦巴巴呢？书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉呀。
zěnme huì ne ？shū zhōng zìyǒu huángjīnwū ，shū zhōng zìyǒu Yán rú yù ya 。
How can you feel pathetic? Gold and beauty can be found in books.
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8.小华很早就离家出国留学了，他每次回家父母都巴不得他多留一段时间。
.xiǎohuá hěn zǎo jiù lí jiā chūguó liúxué le ，tā měicì huíjiā fùmǔ dōu bābude tā duō liú yī duàn shíjiān 。
Xiaohua left home early to pursue his studies overseas and so whenever he is back his parents long for him to stay longer.
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9.看他东张西望、哈欠连天的样子，肯定是巴不得会议赶紧结束呢。
.kàn tā dōngzhāngxīwàng 、hāqian liántiān de yàngzi ，kěndìng shì bābude huìyì gǎnjǐn jiéshù ne 。
Seeing his restlessness and incessant yawning, he must be wishing eagerly for the meeting to end.
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巴菲特曾经拿这句话“一鸟在手，胜于百鸟在林。”来建议想投资的人。
bāfēitè céngjīng ná zhè jù huà “yìniǎozàishǒushèngyúbǎiniǎozàilín ”lái jiànyì xiǎng tóuzī de rén 。
Buffett once used this sentence, "A bird in hand is worth two in the bush." to advise those who want to make investments.
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制售假冒星巴克咖啡窝点被警方捣毁，无锡警方查获4600余公斤咖啡原料，控制10余名嫌疑人；北京市食品药品监管部门正在取证调查。
zhìshòu jiǎmào Xīngbākè kāfēi wōdiǎn bèi jǐngfāng dǎohuǐ ，Wúxī jǐngfāng cháhuò yú gōngjīn kāfēi yuánliào ，kòngzhì yú míng xiányírén ；BěijīngShì shípǐn yàopǐn jiānguǎn bùmén zhèngzài qǔzhèng diàochá 。
Dens selling counterfeit Starbucks coffee were destroyed by police. Wuxi police seized more than 4,600 kilograms of raw coffee materials and caught more than 10 suspects. The Beijing Food and Drug Administration is in the process of obtaining evidence.
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当地时间八月二十四日，巴西朗多尼亚州，巴西境内的亚马孙雨林大火火情十分严峻，浓烟滚滚，满目疮痍。
dāngdì shíjiān bā yuè èrshí sì rì ，Bāxī Lǎngduōníyǎ zhōu ，Bāxī jìngnèi de Yàmǎsūn yǔlín dàhuǒ huǒ qíng shífēn yánjùn ，nóngyān gǔngǔn ，Mǎnmùchuāngyí 。
On August 24, local time, in the Brazilian state of Rondonia, severe fire in the Amazon rain forest in Brazil brought heavy smoke and widespread devastation .
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一名消防队员重伤，暂无其他人员伤亡报告。法国总统埃马纽埃尔马克龙誓言发起国际募捐，重建巴黎圣母院。
yī míng xiāofángduìyuán zhòngshāng ，zàn wú qítā rényuán shāngwáng bàogào 。Fǎguó zǒngtǒng āimǎniǔāiěr mǎkèlóng shìyán fāqǐ guójì mùjuān ，chóngjiàn BālíShèngmǔyuàn 。
One firefighter was seriously injured and no other casualties were reported. French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to launch an international fundraiser to rebuild Notre Dame.
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巴黎消防部门16日上午说，大火在大约15个小时后扑灭。
Bālí xiāofáng bùmén rì shàngwǔ shuō ，dàhuǒ zài dàyuē ge xiǎoshí hòu pūmiè 。
The Paris fire department said on 16th morning that the fire was extinguished after about 15 hours.
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