巴

bā
  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 bāshì
  10. bar (unit of pressure)
  11. nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴 wěiba, tail

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Homographs

巴 Bā
  1. Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan)
  2. the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality
  3. surname Ba
  4. (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦 Bālèsītǎn (Palestine), 巴基斯坦 Bājīsītǎn (Pakistan) or 巴西 Bāxī (Brazil)