bā
巴 (bā) is a Chinese word meaning “to long for; to wish; to cling to”.
Meanings
- 1to long for
- 2to wish
- 3to cling to
- 4to stick to
- 5sth that sticks
- 6close to
- 7next to
- 8spread open
- 9informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]
- 10bar (unit of pressure)
- 11nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail
Related words
巴Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan)巴黎Paris, capital of France嘴巴mouth (CL:張|张[zhang1])古巴Cuba巴斯Bath city in southwest England巴西Brazil巴士bus (loanword)下巴chin尾巴tail巴基斯坦Pakistan巴库Baku, capital of Azerbaijan巴马see 巴馬瑤族自治縣|巴马瑶族自治县[Ba1 ma3 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]