Usage of the character 巴

Batang county (Tibetan: 'ba' thang rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州 ( Gānzī Zàngzúzìzhìzhōu), Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

Zhōng Bā

中巴

[中巴]

China-Pakistan (relations)
China-Bahamas

Bānán

巴南

[巴南]

Banan, a district of Chongqing 重慶／重庆 ( Chongqíng)

háobā

毫巴

[毫巴]

millibar (mbar or mb), unit of pressure (equal to hectopascal)

Bāshì

巴氏

[巴氏]

Pasteur

Bādōng

巴东

[巴東]

Badong County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州 ( Enshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu), Hubei

Yǐ Bā

以巴

[以巴]

Israeli-Palestinian

Yìn Bā

印巴

[印巴]

India and Pakistan

xiǎobā

小巴

[小巴]

minibus

línbā

淋巴

[淋巴]

lymph (loanword)
lymphatic

Bādēng

巴登

[巴登]

Baden (region in Germany)

Bā A

巴阿

[巴阿]

Pakistan-Afghan

Bāshān

巴山

[巴山]

Mt Ba in eastern Sichuan

Bājiě

巴解

[巴解]

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (abbr. for 巴勒斯坦解放組織／巴勒斯坦解放组织 ( Bālēsitān Jiěfǎng Zuzhǐ))

Bāhè

巴赫

[巴赫]

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer

Bālì

巴利

[巴利]

Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon
Barry (name)
Gareth Barry (1981-), English footballer

round-bottomed wicker basket

lúnbā

伦巴

[倫巴]

rumba (loanword)

Zhènbā

镇巴

[鎮巴]

Zhenba County in Hanzhong 漢中／汉中 ( Hànzhōng), Shaanxi

Abā

阿巴

[阿巴]

Aba, southeast Nigerian city
Aba, the Lisu 傈僳 word for grandfather

Zhòngbā

仲巴

[仲巴]

Zhongba county, Tibetan: 'Brong pa rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

juǎnbā

卷巴

[卷巴]

to bundle up

Bāsī

巴斯

[巴斯]

Bath city in southwest England

Bāniǔ

巴纽

[巴紐]

(Tw) Papua New Guinea (abbr. for 巴布亞紐幾內亞／巴布亚纽几内亚 ( Bābuyā Niǔ Jinēiyā))

bāshì

巴士

[巴士]

bus (loanword)
motor coach

bāxiān

巴仙

[巴仙]

percent (loanword)

Bāqīng

巴青

[巴青]

Baqên, a county in Nagchu City, Tibet

zuǐba

嘴巴

[嘴巴]

mouth (CL:張／张 (zhāng))
slap in the face (CL:個／个 (gè))

Bā Yǐ

巴以

[巴以]

Palestinian-Israeli (relations)

bābā

巴巴

[巴巴]

(suffix) very
extremely

Kāngbā

康巴

[康巴]

Khampa, subdivision of Tibetan ethnic group
former Tibetan province of Kham, now split between Tibet and Sichuan

yǎba

哑巴

[啞巴]

a mute
mute; silent

Bālù

巴录

[巴錄]

Baruch (name)
Baruch, disciple of Jeremiah
book of Baruch in the Apocrypha

ōubā

欧巴

[歐巴]

(female usage) older brother (loanword from Korean "oppa")
male friend

bādòu

巴豆

[巴豆]

croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科 (dàjǐkē)
croton seed, a strong purgative

bāzhang

巴掌

[巴掌]

palm of the hand
classifier: slap

Shābā

沙巴

[沙巴]

Sabah, state of Malaysia in north Borneo 婆羅洲／婆罗洲

jǐnbā

紧巴

[緊巴]

tight (i.e. lacking money)
hard up
same as 緊巴巴／紧巴巴

Bātiě

巴铁

[巴鐵]

Transit Elevated Bus (TEB)
(coll.) Pakistani brethren
Pakistani comrades
abbr. for 巴基斯坦鐵哥們／巴基斯坦铁哥们 ( Bājīsītǎntiěgēmen)

Bā Jīn

巴金

[巴金]

Ba Jin (1904-2005), novelist, author of the trilogy 家春秋 ( Jiā Chūn Qiū)

wěiba

尾巴

[尾巴]

tail
colloquial pr. (yǐba)

bāwū

巴乌

[巴烏]

bawu, a free reed wind instrument shaped like a flute and played transversally, associated particularly with minority cultures of Yunnan

bāji

巴唧

[巴唧]

variant of 吧唧 (bāji)

Bālí

巴厘

[巴厘]

Bali (island province of Indonesia)

Bāxī

巴西

[巴西]

Brazil

Bākù

巴库

[巴庫]

Baku, capital of Azerbaijan

Dānbā

丹巴

[丹巴]

Danba county (Tibetan: rong brag rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

Gǔbā

古巴

[古巴]

Cuba

bāwàng

巴望

[巴望]

to look forward to

Bāhā

巴哈

[巴哈]

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer (Tw)

Bātè

巴特

[巴特]

Barth or Barthes (name)
Roland Barthes (1915-1980), French critic and semiotician

xiàba

下巴

[下巴]

chin

Bāshǔ

巴蜀

[巴蜀]

Sichuan
originally two provinces of Qin and Han

bābǐ Q

巴比Q

[巴比Q]

(slang) BBQ

línbājié

淋巴结

[淋巴結]

lymph node; lymph gland

bābude

巴不得

[巴不得]

(coll.) to be eager for
to long for
to look forward to

Bābālā

巴巴拉

[巴巴拉]

Barbara (name)

ōubasāng

欧巴桑

[歐巴桑]

older female
woman of mature years (Japanese loanword)

húlúbā

胡芦巴

[胡蘆巴]

fenugreek

Hébātè

荷巴特

[荷巴特]

Hobart, capital of Tasmania, Australia

Dānbāxiàn

丹巴县

[丹巴縣]

Danba county (Tibetan: rong brag rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州 ( Gānzī Zàngzúzìzhìzhōu), Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

Bōnábā

波拿巴

[波拿巴]

Bonaparte (name)
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815

bāsōngguǎn

巴松管

[巴松管]

bassoon (loanword)
also written 巴頌管／巴颂管 (bāsòngguǎn) or 低音管 (dīyīnguǎn)

línbāguǎn

淋巴管

[淋巴管]

lymphatic vessel

Méngbādùn

蒙巴顿

[蒙巴頓]

Mountbatten (name, Anglicization of German Battenberg)
Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British commander in Southeast Asia during WWII, presided over the partition of India in 1947, murdered by the IRA.

xiāngbālǎo

乡巴佬

[鄉巴佬]

(derog.) villager
hick
bumpkin

Bāmǎkē

巴马科

[巴馬科]

Bamako, capital of Mali

bāgēquǎn

巴哥犬

[巴哥犬]

pug (breed of dog)

bādòuké

巴豆壳

[巴豆殼]

bark of Croton tiglium used as purgative

jīngbāgǒu

京巴狗

[京巴狗]

Pekingese (dog breed)

Aòbāmǎ

奥巴马

[奧巴馬]

Barack Obama (1961-), US Democrat politician, president 2009-2017

Bāqīng Xiàn

巴青县

[巴青縣]

Baqên, a county in Nagchu City, Tibet

tuōwěiba

拖尾巴

[拖尾巴]

to obstruct
to be a drag on sb
to delay finishing off a job

Xīngbākè

星巴克

[星巴克]

Starbucks, US coffee shop chain

bālìmén

巴力门

[巴力門]

parliament (loanword) (old)

kǎbālái

卡巴莱

[卡巴萊]

cabaret (loanword)

shìbāná

士巴拿

[士巴拿]

(dialect) spanner (loanword)

Sībālǔ

斯巴鲁

[斯巴魯]

Subaru

Bālí Dǎo

巴厘岛

[巴厘島]

Bali (island in Indonesia)

Bādé'ěr

巴德尔

[巴德爾]

Baldr or Baldur, god in Norse mythology
Andreas Baader (1943-1977), leader of Red Army Faction, a.k.a. the Baader-Meinhof group

chōuzuǐba

抽嘴巴

[抽嘴巴]

to slap

liúwěiba

留尾巴

[留尾巴]

to leave loose ends
to leave matters unresolved

Báshìbā

拔示巴

[拔示巴]

Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David (according to the Hebrew Bible)

Zhènbā Xiàn

镇巴县

[鎮巴縣]

Zhenba County in Hanzhong 漢中／汉中 ( Hànzhōng), Shaanxi

Alúbā

阿卢巴

[阿盧巴]

Aruba, variant of 阿魯巴／阿鲁巴 ( Alǔbā)

jiāwěiba

夹尾巴

[夾尾巴]

to have one's tail between one's legs

xiàbakē

下巴颏

[下巴頦]

chin

bāshāyú

巴沙鱼

[巴沙魚]

(loanword) basa (Pangasius bocourti)

Bāsīdé

巴斯德

[巴斯德]

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and microbiologist

yǎbakuī

哑巴亏

[啞巴虧]

pent-up unspoken grievances
suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of

Bānámǎ

巴拿马

[巴拿馬]

Panama

bādámù

巴达木

[巴達木]

almond (loanword)

Bālākè

巴拉克

[巴拉克]

Barack, Barak, Ballack (name)

Bāyànxiàn

巴彦县

[巴彥縣]

Bayan county in Harbin 哈爾濱／哈尔滨 ( Hā'ěrbīn), Heilongjiang

Bālāguī

巴拉圭

[巴拉圭]

Paraguay

Bālínzuǒ

巴林左

[巴林左]

Bairin Left banner of Baarin Züün khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰 ( Chìfēng), Inner Mongolia

Bābǐlún

巴比伦

[巴比倫]

Babylon

hěnbābā

狠巴巴

[狠巴巴]

very fierce

héhébā

荷荷巴

[荷荷巴]

jojoba

Huòbātè

霍巴特

[霍巴特]

Hobart, capital of Tasmania (Australia)

húlúbā

葫芦巴

[葫蘆巴]

fenugreek

mǎlínbā

马林巴

[馬林巴]

marimba (loanword)

Bāchǔxiàn

巴楚县

[巴楚縣]

Maralbeshi nahiyisi (Maralbexi county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區／喀什地区 ( Kāshídìqū), west Xinjiang

zhūwěiba

猪尾巴

[豬尾巴]

pig's tail (meat)

Bātènà

巴特纳

[巴特納]

Batna, town in eastern Algeria

bādòushù

巴豆树

[巴豆樹]

croton bush (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科 (dàjǐkē), with seed having strong purgative properties

Bābiétǎ

巴别塔

[巴別塔]

Tower of Babel, in Genesis 11:5-foll.

liǎnbāzi

脸巴子

[臉巴子]

cheek

zuǐbazi

嘴巴子

[嘴巴子]

slap

Yàbāláng

亚巴郎

[亞巴郎]

Abraham (name)

Zōngkābā

宗喀巴

[宗喀巴]

Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibetan religious leader, founder of the Gelugpa school 格魯派／格鲁派 ( Gélǔpài)

Bālìwén

巴利文

[巴利文]

Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon

Lābātè

拉巴特

[拉巴特]

Rabat, capital of Morocco

bādànmù

巴旦木

[巴旦木]

almond (loanword)

Bālínyòu

巴林右

[巴林右]

Bairin Right banner or Baarin Baruun khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰 ( Chìfēng), Inner Mongolia

dàzuǐba

大嘴巴

[大嘴巴]

bigmouth
blabbermouth

Qiáobāshān

乔巴山

[喬巴山]

Choibalsan, city in Mongolia, capital of the eastern aimag (province) of Dornod
Khorloogiin Choibalsan (1895-1952), Communist leader of the Mongolian People's Republic (mid-1930s-1952)

xiōngbābā

凶巴巴

[凶巴巴]

harsh
savage
fierce

shòubābā

瘦巴巴

[瘦巴巴]

thin
scrawny
emaciated

bārgǒu

巴儿狗

[巴兒狗]

see 哈巴狗 (hǎbāgǒu)

Gǎngbāxiàn

岗巴县

[崗巴縣]

Gamba county, Tibetan: Gam pa rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

Táibāzi

台巴子

[台巴子]

Taiwanese yokel (derog.)

Bānán Qū

巴南区

[巴南區]

Banan, a district of Chongqing 重慶／重庆 ( Chongqíng)

Bākèsī

巴克斯

[巴克斯]

Bacchus, Greek god of wine

Lābāsī

拉巴斯

[拉巴斯]

La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia

Bāxī'ěr

巴希尔

[巴希爾]

Bashir (name)
Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (1944-), Sudanese military man and politician, president of Sudan 1993-2019

Bāgédá

巴格达

[巴格達]

Baghdad, capital of Iraq

duōbā'àn

多巴胺

[多巴胺]

dopamine

Xīnbāwēi

辛巴威

[辛巴威]

Zimbabwe (Tw)

ālǔbā

阿鲁巴

[阿魯巴]

(Tw) (slang) a prank, prevalent in Chinese schools and known as "happy corner" in Hong Kong, in which several people carry a victim with his legs spread open, bringing his groin up against a pole or tree trunk

Bālǐ Dǎo

巴里岛

[巴里島]

island of Bali

hǎbāgǒu

哈巴狗

[哈巴狗]

pekingese (dog)
(fig.) sycophant
lackey

Sōngbāwā

松巴哇

[松巴哇]

Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java

jǐnbābā

紧巴巴

[緊巴巴]

tight fitting
hard up (i.e. lacking money)

Bālǐkūn

巴里坤

[巴里坤]

Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County in Hami 哈密市 ( Hāmì Shì), Xinjiang

Abāsī

阿巴斯

[阿巴斯]

Abbas (name)
Mahmoud Abbas (1935-), also called Abu Mazen, Palestinian leader, Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 2005

Bāsīkè

巴斯克

[巴斯克]

Basque
the Basque Country

Yàkābā

亚喀巴

[亞喀巴]

Aqaba (port city in Jordan)

dànbāgū

淡巴菰

[淡巴菰]

tobacco (loanword) (old)

xībālàn

稀巴烂

[稀巴爛]

see 稀爛／稀烂 (xīlàn)

bāluòkè

巴洛克

[巴洛克]

baroque (loanword)

dǎzuǐba

打嘴巴

[打嘴巴]

to slap

línbāyè

淋巴液

[淋巴液]

lymphatic fluid
lymph

Bāhāmǎ

巴哈马

[巴哈馬]

The Bahamas

Bālèmò

巴勒莫

[巴勒莫]

Palermo, Italy

Bāshìdǐ

巴士底

[巴士底]

the Bastille (Paris)

bālílü

巴黎绿

[巴黎綠]

Paris green
copper(II) acetoarsenite Cu(C2H3O2)2·3Cu(AsO2)2

Bābǎolì

巴宝莉

[巴寶莉]

Burberry (brand)

Gānbālǐ

甘巴里

[甘巴里]

Professor Ibrahim Gambari (1944-), Nigerian scholar and diplomat, ambassador to UN 1990-1999, UN envoy to Burma from 2007

Bādōng Xiàn

巴东县

[巴東縣]

Badong County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州 ( Enshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu), Hubei

Alǔbā

阿鲁巴

[阿魯巴]

Aruba, island in the Caribbean, a self-governing part of the Netherlands

bāluókè

巴罗克

[巴羅克]

baroque (period in Western art history) (loanword)

gānbābā

干巴巴

[乾巴巴]

dry
parched
dull
insipid

Luòbāyǔ

珞巴语

[珞巴語]

Lhoba, language of Lhoba ethnic group of southeast Tibet

yābār

丫巴儿

[丫巴兒]

fork (of a tree, road, argument etc)
bifurcation
fork junction

shuāngxiàba

双下巴

[雙下巴]

double chin

bābǐtuǒ

巴比妥

[巴比妥]

barbitone
barbital

Bāsāi'ěr

巴塞尔

[巴塞爾]

Basel, Switzerland

āmǐbā

阿米巴

[阿米巴]

amoeba (loanword)

Bālādí

巴拉迪

[巴拉迪]

Mohamed ElBaradei (1942-), Director of International Atomic Energy Agency 1997-2009 and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Bāgélán

巴格兰

[巴格蘭]

Baghlan province of north Afghanistan

sēnbāwǔ

森巴舞

[森巴舞]

samba (Tw) (loanword)

qiàowěiba

翘尾巴

[翹尾巴]

to be cocky

Zhòngbāxiàn

仲巴县

[仲巴縣]

Zhongba county, Tibetan: 'Brong pa rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

Oūbāmǎ

欧巴马

[歐巴馬]

Taiwanese variant of 奧巴馬／奥巴马 ( Aòbāmǎ), Barack Obama (1961-), US Democrat politician, president 2009-2017

jítèbā

吉特巴

[吉特巴]

jitterbug (loanword)

Bābù'ěr

巴布尔

[巴布爾]

Zaheeruddin Babur (1483-1530), first ruler of Mughal dynasty of India

Bāluózuǒ

巴罗佐

[巴羅佐]

José Manuel Durão Barroso (1956-), Portuguese politician, prime minister of Portugal 2002-04, president of EU Commission from 2004-2014

Oūluóbā

欧罗巴

[歐羅巴]

Europe

Màibāhè

迈巴赫

[邁巴赫]

Maybach, German car brand

Líbānèn

黎巴嫩

[黎巴嫩]

Lebanon

Bāzǎizú

巴宰族

[巴宰族]

Pazeh, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

Hābāhé

哈巴河

[哈巴河]

Habahe county or Qaba nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區／阿勒泰地区 ( Alètàidìqū), Xinjiang

Bābèiduō

巴贝多

[巴貝多]

Barbados, Caribbean island (Tw)

jílǔbā

吉鲁巴

[吉魯巴]

jitterbug (loanword)

Mòbāběn

墨巴本

[墨巴本]

(Tw) Mbabane, administrative capital of Eswatini

línbā'ái

淋巴癌

[淋巴癌]

lymphoma

bādòushǔ

巴豆属

[巴豆屬]

Croton, genus of evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科 (dàjǐkē)

línbāxiàn

淋巴腺

[淋巴腺]

lymph gland; lymph node

Xiāngbālā

香巴拉

[香巴拉]

Shambhala, mythical place (Buddhism, Hinduism)

Bāmǎxiàn

巴马县

[巴馬縣]

Bama Yaozu autonomous county in Hezhou 賀州／贺州 ( Hèzhōu), Guangxi

Luòbāzú

珞巴族

[珞巴族]

Lhoba ethnic group of southeast Tibet

Ménbāzú

门巴族

[門巴族]

Menba ethnic group

bāshìzhàn

巴士站

[巴士站]

bus stop

bānáfēn

巴拿芬

[巴拿芬]

paraffin
variant of 石蠟／石蜡 (shílà)

yǎnbābā

眼巴巴

[眼巴巴]

waiting anxiously
impatient

zhòubābā

皱巴巴

[皺巴巴]

wrinkled
crumpled
unironed

Bātángxiàn

巴塘县

[巴塘縣]

Batang county (Tibetan: 'ba' thang rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州 ( Gānzī Zàngzúzìzhìzhōu), Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

Bāhāyī

巴哈伊

[巴哈伊]