Hanzi

巴

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

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 4

Pinyin

bā

Bopomofo

ㄅㄚ

Jyutping

baa1

Example sentences

大巴 dàbā
我們坐大巴去旅遊。
我们坐大巴去旅游。

We take a large bus to go traveling.

尾巴 wěiba
那隻狗高興地搖著尾巴。
那只狗高兴地摇著尾巴。

That dog is happily wagging its tail.

巴 bā
孩子巴著窗戶，看外面的雨。
孩子巴著窗户，看外面的雨。

The child pressed against the window and watched the rain outside.

中巴 zhōngbā
飯店安排一輛中巴，把客人送到機場。
饭店安排一辆中巴，把客人送到机场。

The hotel arranged a mid-sized bus to take the guests to the airport.

Example Vocabulary

下巴

xia4'ba

嘴巴

zui3'ba

大巴

da4'ba1

coach; large bus

尾巴

wei3'ba

tail

巴

ba1

to cling or stick close to; to long for; suffix meaning an attached lump or tail; bar as a pressure unit; Ba as an old place name or surname

中巴

zhong1'ba1

midibus; medium-sized passenger bus

古巴

啞巴

ya3'ba

奧巴馬

巴不得

ba1'bu4'de1

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