霸
bà HSK7

rule by might rather than right

霸 bà
dominate verb
to rule by force, usurp power, or forcibly occupy territory or items

你不能一直霸着那台电脑。

nǐ bù néng yī​zhí bà zhe nà tái diàn​nǎo.

You can't keep hogging that computer.

hegemon verb
a powerful leader or feudal chief who rules through strength and force

他在那个小镇上称霸多年，没人敢惹。

tā zài nà​gè xiǎo​zhèn shàng chēng bà duō nián, méi rén gǎn rě.

He dominated that small town for years, and no one dared to cross him.

master noun
a person who excels in or dominates a specific field, often used in modern advertising or slang

他是个典型的麦霸，只要进了KTV就不肯放下麦克风。

tā shì gè diǎn​xíng de mài​bà, zhǐ​yào jìn leKTV jiù bù kěn fàng​xià mài​kè​fēng.

He's a typical mic hog; once he's in a KTV room, he won't let go of the microphone.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,838th most common 44.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,913th most common 22.3 per million appears in 6% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.52 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
17.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
21
Unicode
U+9738

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