巴
bā
the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality
Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan); surname Ba; (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦[Ba1 le4 si1 tan3] (Palestine), 巴基斯坦[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3] (Pakistan) or 巴西[Ba1 xi1] (Brazil); 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
This character is used for its sound in loanwords, not for its component meanings.
Words with 巴
古巴
gǔ bā
Cuba
哥德巴赫猜想
gē dé bā hè cāi xiǎng
the Goldbach conjecture in number theory
巴三览四
bā sān lǎn sì
to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
巴不得
bā bu de
(coll.) to be eager for
巴不能够
bā bù néng gòu
avid
葫芦巴
hú lú bā
fenugreek
迈巴赫
mài bā hè
Maybach, German car brand
那木巴尔·恩赫巴亚尔
nǎ mù bā ěr · ēn hè bā yà ěr
Nambaryn Enkhbayar (1958-), Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party politician, president of Mongolia 2005-2009
双下巴
shuāng xià ba
double chin
锅巴
guō bā
guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan)
镇巴
zhèn bā
Zhenba County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中[Han4 zhong1], Shaanxi
镇巴县
zhèn bā xiàn
Zhenba County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中[Han4 zhong1], Shaanxi