巴
bāBā HSK4

to wish

巴 bā frequency
suffix noun
a nominalizing suffix used in certain nouns

那只兔子的尾巴很短。

nà zhī tù​zi de wěi bā hěn duǎn.

The rabbit has a very short tail.

bar measure word
a metric unit of pressure

气压计的读数是两巴。

qì​yā​jì de dú​shù shì liǎng bā.

The barometer reads two bars.

bus noun
an informal abbreviation for bus

我们坐中巴去市区。

wǒ​men zuò zhōng​bā qù shì​qū.

We are taking a minibus to the city center.

close to verb
to be next to or adjacent to

他总是巴着窗户往外看，希望能早点见到妈妈回来。

tā zǒng​shì bā zhe chuāng​hu wǎng wài kàn, xī​wàng néng zǎo diǎn jiàn​dào mā​ma huí​lai.

He is always clinging to the window looking out, hoping to see his mother return home as soon as possible.

hope verb
to long for or wish for something

他巴不得马上飞回家。

tā bā bù​dé mǎ​shàng fēi​huí jiā.

He's dying to fly home right away.

spread open verb
to spread open, gape, or stare with wide eyes

他巴着眼望着窗外。

tā bā zhe yǎn wàng zhe chuāng wài.

He stared out the window with eager eyes.

stick noun
to cling to, stick to, or a substance that adheres to a surface

汤煮干了，锅底结了一层焦脆的锅巴。

tāng zhǔ gān le, guō​dǐ jié le yī céng jiāo cuì de guō bā.

The soup boiled dry, and a layer of crispy scorched rice formed at the bottom of the pot.

巴 Bā
abbreviation abbreviation
bound form abbreviation for Palestine, Pakistan, or Brazil

以巴冲突的局势最近再度升级。

Yǐ Bā chōng​tū de jú​shì zuì​jìn zài​dù shēng​jí.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has escalated again recently.

Ba proper name
Chinese surname

巴金是中国现代著名的文学家。

Bā Jīn shì Zhōng​guó xiàn​dài zhù​míng de wén​xué​jiā.

Ba Jin was a famous modern Chinese writer.

Ba region expression
the eastern part of Sichuan province and Chongqing Municipality

自古以来，巴山蜀水就以风景秀丽著称。

zì​gǔ​yǐ​lái, Bā shān Shǔ shuǐ jiù yǐ fēng​jǐng xiù​lì zhù​chēng.

Since ancient times, the mountains and rivers of the Ba and Shu regions have been famous for their beautiful scenery.

Ba state place name
ancient state during the Zhou dynasty located in present-day Chongqing and eastern Sichuan

巴国是周朝时期位于中国西南的一个重要国家。

Bā​guó shì Zhōu​cháo shí​qī wèi​yú Zhōng​guó xī​nán de yī gè zhòng​yào guó​jiā.

The State of Ba was an important state in southwestern China during the Zhou Dynasty.

Frequency
Character
Written text
546th most common 387.2 per million
Movie subtitles
474th most common 308.4 per million appears in 53% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
48.9 per million appears in 11% of films
Written text
96.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
4
Unicode
U+5DF4

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)