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巴

bā · ba/Bā · ba

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Meaning

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bā 巴

  1. to long for
  2. to wish
  3. to cling to
  4. to stick to
  5. sth that sticks
  6. close to
  7. next to
  8. spread open
  9. informal abbr. for bus 巴士 (bā shì)
  10. bar (unit of pressure)
  11. nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴 (wěi ba), tail

Bā 巴

  1. Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan)
  2. abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing
  3. surname Ba
  4. abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian
  5. abbr. for Pakistan

In a sentence

2 examples
01

小(xiǎo)猫(māo)紧(jǐn)紧(jǐn)巴(bā)在(zài)妈(mā)妈(ma)身(shēn)边(biān)，不(bù)肯(kěn)走(zǒu)开(kāi)。

The kitten clung tightly to its mother and refused to move away.

02

他(tā)巴(bā)不(bu)得(de)明(míng)天(tiān)就(jiù)去(qù)旅(lǚ)行(xíng)。

He can't wait to go traveling tomorrow.

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