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Meanings
Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan)
the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality
surname Ba
(bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦 (Palestine), 巴基斯坦 (Pakistan) or 巴西 (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 bā shì
bar (unit of pressure)
nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴 wěi ba, tail
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Words with 巴 574 total
Cuba古巴Gǔ bātight (i.e. lacking money) · hard up · same as紧巴jǐn bādick · penis (vulgar)鸡巴jī ba(loanword) rhumba伦巴lún bā(coll.) mud泥巴ní baa mute · mute; silent哑巴yǎ bachin下巴xià batable salt盐巴yán bāto blink · to wink眨巴zhǎ bamouth · slap in the face嘴巴zuǐ baChina-Pakistan (relations) · China-Bahamas中巴Zhōng BāKowloon Motor Bus (KMB)九巴Jiǔ bāIsraeli-Palestinian以巴Yǐ BāIndia and Pakistan印巴Yìn Bāto bundle up卷巴juǎn bā(coll.) large bus · coach · (abbr. for 大型巴士)大巴dà bāminibus小巴xiǎo bātail · colloquial pr. yǐ ba尾巴wěi ba
Idioms with 巴 31 total Chain
to manage with difficulty · only just getting by · in a difficult position巴巴结结bā bā jiē jiēto wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion巴高望上bā gāo wàng shàngthinking and pondering (idiom); to turn sth over in one's mind · to consider repeatedly巴前算后bā qián suàn hòuto talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently巴三览四bā sān lǎn sìmountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom)巴山蜀水Bā shān Shǔ shuǐrain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land · Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution巴山夜雨Bā shān yè yǔ
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