叭 (bā): denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc)
叭 (bā) is a Chinese character meaning “denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 八 (phonetic). It ranks #2568 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 叭 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喇叭 | lǎ ba | horn (automobile etc) |
| 喇叭裤 | lǎ ba kù | flared trousers |
| 喇叭花 | lǎ ba huā | morning glory |
| 高音喇叭 | gāo yīn lǎ ba | tweeter |
| 低音喇叭 | dī yīn lǎ ba | woofer |
| 叭啦狗 | bā lā gǒu | bulldog |
| 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 | ǎn má ní bā mī hōng | om mani padme hum (Buddhist mantra) |
| 喇叭水仙 | lā bā shuǐ xiān | daffodil |
| 喇叭形 | lǎ ba xíng | flared |
| 伸缩喇叭 | shēn suō lǎ ba | trombone |
| 吹喇叭 | chuī lǎ ba | (lit.) blowing the trumpet |
| 喇叭裙 | lǎ ba qún | flared skirt |
叭 appears in 12 compound words: 8 as the first character, 42 as the last, and 50 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 叭 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
他叭才很好，能言善辩，是个出色的律师。
tā bā cái hěn hǎo , néng yán shàn biàn , shì gě chū sè de lǜ shī .
He's a brilliant lawyer, eloquent and persuasive.
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sì chuān tiān quán lā bā hé jǐng qū : yóu kè chéng zuò guàn guāng chē xǐ yù yě shēng dà xióng māo
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火车在快到交叉路口的时候减速、按喇叭。
Huǒchē zài kuài dào jiāochā lùkǒu de shíhou jiǎnsù, àn lǎba.
The train slowed and blared its horn as it approached the railway crossing.
Character Family
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