巴 (bā): Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan), the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality, (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦 (Palestine), 巴基斯坦 (Pakistan) or 巴西 (Brazil)
巴 (bā) is a Chinese character meaning “ba, a state during the zhou dynasty (in present-day chongqing and the eastern part of sichuan).” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 巳 (structural). It ranks #546 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan)
- the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality
- (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦 (Palestine), 巴基斯坦 (Pakistan) or 巴西 (Brazil)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 巴
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巴黎 | bā lí | Paris, capital of France |
| 古巴 | gǔ bā | Cuba |
| 巴斯 | bā sī | Bath city in southwest England |
| 巴西 | bā xī | Brazil |
| 巴士 | bā shì | bus (loanword) |
| 下巴 | xià ba | chin |
| 巴库 | bā kù | Baku, capital of Azerbaijan |
| 巴马 | bā mǎ | see 巴馬瑤族自治縣|巴马瑶族自治县[Ba1 ma3 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 巴里 | bā lǐ | Bari (Puglia, Italy) |
| 巴特 | bā tè | Barth or Barthes (name) |
| 巴掌 | bā zhang | palm of the hand |
| 哑巴 | yǎ ba | a mute |
| 巴比伦 | bā bǐ lún | Babylon |
| 伦巴 | lún bā | (loanword) rhumba |
| 泥巴 | ní ba | (coll.) mud |
巴 appears in 100 compound words: 60 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 2 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 巴 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (35)
Albany (a city, the state capital of New York, United States); a transliteration of the English surname Albany
to wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion
thinking and pondering (idiom); to turn sth over in one's mind; to consider repeatedly
Albany (a city, the state capital of New York, United States); a transliteration of the English surname Albany
Showing 12 of 35 idioms containing 巴.
Example Sentences
了解巴字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le xiè bā zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .
Understanding the origin of the character "巴" helps to comprehend Chinese culture.
加拿大航空因安全局势暂停墨西哥巴亚尔塔港营运
jiā ná dà háng kōng yīn ān quán jú shì zàn tíng mò xī gē bā yà ěr tǎ gǎng yíng yùn
Air Canada suspended operations in the port of Vallarta, Mexico due to the security situation
沙巴附近海域7.1级地震 暂未有伤亡报告
shā bā fù jìn hǎi yù 7 . 1 jí dì zhèn zàn wèi yǒu shāng wáng bào gào
No casualties have been reported in the waters near Sabah due to a magnitude 7.1 earthquake
快讯/马来西亚沙巴凌晨发生7.1强震
kuài xùn mǎ lái xī yà shā bā líng chén fā shēng 7 . 1 qiáng zhèn
News/A 7.1 earthquake struck Sabah, Malaysia in the early morning
马来西亚沙巴外海7.1级地震 无海啸威胁
mǎ lái xī yà shā bā wài hǎi 7 . 1 jí dì zhèn wú hǎi xiào wēi xié
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake off the coast of Sabah, Malaysia, has no tsunami threat
巴菲特执掌的最后一季 波克夏上季依然卖超美...
bā 菲 tè zhí zhǎng de zuì hòu yī jì bō kè xià shàng jì yī rán mài chāo měi . . .
Buffett's last season at the helm Berkshire still sold super beautiful last season...
你想去瓦伦西亚还是巴塞罗那？
Nǐ xiǎng qù wǎ lún Xī Yà háishi Bāsàiluónà?
Do you want to go to Valencia or Barcelona?
他通过巴黎去了伦敦。
Tā tōngguò Bālí qù le Lúndūn.
He went to London via Paris.
他明天将抵达巴黎。
Tā míngtiān jiāng dǐdá Bālí.
He will arrive in Paris tomorrow.
他刮下靴子上的泥巴。
Tā guā xià xuēzi shàng de níbā.
He scraped the mud off his boots.
Character Family
己 Radical Family — Characters sharing the self radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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