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HSK
mouth (CL:張|张) / slap in the face (CL:個|个)
HSK 4
tail / colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]
HSK 4
(coll.) large bus / coach / (abbr. for 大型巴士)
HSK 4
Gamba county, Tibetan: Gam pa rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Cuba
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  *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 / (bound form) 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
dick / penis (vulgar)
Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia
minibus
Europe
(suffix) very / extremely
Manitoba, province of Canada
to stutter
chin
(physiology) (loanword) lymph
table salt
tight fitting / hard up (i.e. lacking money)
Ali Baba, character from The Arabian Nights
Alibaba, PRC e-commerce company
Sabah, state of Malaysia in north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
(loanword) rhumba
a mute / mute; silent
stammeringly
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
pathetic / pitiful
guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan)
Aba, southeast Nigerian city / Aba, the Lisu 傈僳 word for grandfather
wrinkled / crumpled / unironed
double chin
thin / scrawny / emaciated
Aqaba (port city in Jordan)
pig's tail (meat)
Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia (Tw)
Bonaparte (name) / Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
tight (i.e. lacking money) / hard up / same as 緊巴巴|紧巴巴
Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibetan religious leader, founder of the Gelugpa school 格魯派|格鲁派
(loanword) marimba
waiting anxiously / impatient
dry / parched / dull / insipid
lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions / to reveal one's evil nature / evidence that reveals the villain
China-Pakistan (relations) / China-Bahamas
minibus
to leave loose ends / to leave matters unresolved
Cuba Libre
(coll.) mud
millibar (mbar or mb), unit of pressure (equal to hectopascal)
to obstruct / to be a drag on sb / to delay finishing off a job
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)
(loanword) amoeba
harsh / savage / fierce
Zhongba county, Tibetan: 'Brong pa rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
jitterbug (loanword)
to slap
(female usage) older brother (loanword from Korean "oppa") / male friend
(dialect) to gather up; to throw together
Khampa, subdivision of Tibetan ethnic group / former Tibetan province of Kham, now split between Tibet and Sichuan
Aruba, variant of 阿魯巴|阿鲁巴
America and Pakistan / America and Brazil / America and Panama
(dialect) awkward; uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate; contrary; argumentative
Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras
stammering / stuttering / not speaking fluently
India and Pakistan
lit. rat's tail; fig. a follower of inferior stature
samba (dance) (loanword)
Manitoba province, Canada
Curitiba (city in Brazil)
jojoba
fenugreek
Shut up!
Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) (abbr. for 九龍巴士|九龙巴士)
Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David (according to the Hebrew Bible)
fenugreek
big Russian-style bread (loanword from Russian "хлеб")
to have one's tail between one's legs
Israeli-Palestinian
to bundle up
jitterbug (loanword)
bigmouth / blabbermouth
to tuck one's tail between one's legs / fig. to back down / in a humiliating situation
Paya Lebar, a place in Singapore
Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras (Tw)
to slap
very fierce
to blink / to wink
to be cocky
Zhenba County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
Aruba, island in the Caribbean, a self-governing part of the Netherlands
(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


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