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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *八* | 八* | *八
eight
HSK 1
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  *吧* | 吧* | *吧
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume.
HSK 1
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  *爸* | 爸* | *爸
father / dad / pa / papa
HSK 1
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  *把* | 把* | *把
to hold; to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
HSK 3
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  *拔* | 拔* | *拔
to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize
HSK 5
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  *扒* | 扒* | *扒
to peel / to skin / to tear / to pull down / to cling to (sth on which one is climbing) / to dig
HSK 7-9
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  *坝* | 坝* | *坝
(used in place names) plain; flatland / (dialect) sandbar; shoal
HSK 7-9
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  *坝* | 坝* | *坝
dam / dike; embankment / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
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  *把* | 把* | *把
handle
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吧* | 吧* | *吧
bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) / to puff (on a pipe etc) / (onom.) bang / abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *巴* | 巴* | *巴
Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan) / the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality / surname Ba / abbr. for 巴勒斯坦 (Palestine), 巴基斯坦 (Pakistan) or 巴西 (Brazil)
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  *巴* | 巴* | *巴
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail
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  *靶* | 靶* | *靶
target / mark
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  *杷* | 杷* | *杷
handle or shaft (of an axe etc) / hoe / to harrow
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  *霸* | 霸* | *霸
hegemon / tyrant / lord / feudal chief / to rule by force / to usurp / (in modern advertising) master
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伯* | 伯* | *伯
variant of
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钯* | 钯* | *钯
palladium (chemistry) / Taiwan pr. [ba1]
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  *耙* | 耙* | *耙
a hoe / to harrow
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  *跋* | 跋* | *跋
postscript / to trek across mountains
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  *粑* | 粑* | *粑
a round flat cake (dialect)
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  *芭* | 芭* | *芭
an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞 / used in 芭蕉 / used in transliteration
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  *岜* | 岜* | *岜
stony hill / rocky mountain / (used in place names)
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  *罢* | 罢* | *罢
to stop / to cease / to dismiss / to suspend / to quit / to finish
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  *罢* | 罢* | *罢
(final particle, same as )
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  *捌* | 捌* | *捌
eight (banker's anti-fraud numeral) / split
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  *叭* | 叭* | *叭
denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc)
Batang county (Tibetan: 'ba' thang rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *霸* | 霸* | *霸
variant of
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  *灞* | 灞* | *灞
name of a river
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  *弝* | 弝* | *弝
the part of a bow grasped when shooting
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  *疤* | 疤* | *疤
scar / scab
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  *鲅* | 鲅* | *鲅
(bound form) Spanish mackerel
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  *朳* | 朳* | *朳
tree
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  *魃* | 魃* | *魃
drought demon
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  *笆* | 笆* | *笆
an article made of bamboo strips / fence
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  *茇* | 茇* | *茇
betel
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  *鲃* | 鲃* | *鲃
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  *蚆* | 蚆* | *蚆
a kind of shell
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  *菝* | 菝* | *菝
used in 菝葜
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  *豝* | 豝* | *豝
corned beef / female pig / sow
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  *軷* | 軷* | *軷
sacrifice
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  *猈* | 猈* | *猈
dog with short shinbone
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  *㞎* | 㞎* | *㞎
(dialect) poo / (dialect) to shit
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  *丷* | 丷* | *丷
"eight" component in Chinese characters / old variant of
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *䥯* | 䥯* | *䥯
plow
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  *妭* | 妭* | *妭
(literary) beautiful woman / old variant of
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  *犮* | 犮* | *犮
old variant of
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  *欛* | 欛* | *欛
variant of / variant of
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  *抜* | 抜* | *抜
Japanese variant of
Ba Jin (1904-2005), novelist, author of the trilogy 家春秋
Ba Fa Quan "Eight Methods" - Martial Art
Ba county in Tianjin
Batang county (Tibetan: 'ba' thang rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Ba Ji Quan "Eight Extremes Fist" - Martial Art
Ba Maw
ba-wan, dumpling made of glutinous dough, typically stuffed with minced pork, bamboo shoots etc, and served with a savory sauce (Taiwanese snack) (from Taiwanese 肉圓, Tai-lo pr. [bah-uân])
Bachelor of Arts / B.A. / BA / A.B. / Artium Baccalaureus
Ba Jia Jiang, the eight generals that guard the godly realm in Taiwanese folklore, represented by troupes of dancers in temple processions / (slang) lowlife gangster or young hoodlum, often written as "8+9", [ba1 jia1 jiu3]
rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land / Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution
alkaline earth (i.e. beryllium Be 鈹|铍, magnesium Mg 鎂|镁, calcium Ca 鈣|钙, strontium Sr 鍶|锶, barium Ba 鋇|钡 and radium Ra 鐳|镭)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *〨* | 〨* | *〨
numeral 8 in the Suzhou numeral system 蘇州碼子|苏州码子
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  *仈* | 仈* | *仈
surname Ba
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  *峇* | 峇* | *峇
(used in transliteration)
Mt Ba in eastern Sichuan
Ba county in Chongqing 重慶市|重庆市, Sichuan
derivation of a Chinese loanword from Japanese by using the same characters (or variants) but applying Chinese pronunciation (e.g. 場合|场合, derived from Japanese 場合, pronounced "ba'ai")
Bachelor of Arts B.A.


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