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杷

bà

Character

What 杷 means

1. handle or shaft (of an axe etc)
2. hoe
3. to harrow

Other readings

杷 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• páused in {枇杷|pí pa}

Example sentences

• 枇杷比苹果小。
  Loquats are smaller than apples.
• 齐里用指甲剥枇杷。
  Ziri uses his fingernail to peel loquats.
• 枇杷在中国和日本都很受欢迎。
  Loquats are popular in both China and Japan.
• 成熟的枇杷很容易从树上摘下来。
  Ripe medlars come away easily from the tree.

Words containing 杷

• 枇杷pí paloquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica); loquat fruit
• 枇杷膏pí pá gāoPei Pa Koa, proprietary cough syrup made with traditional Chinese herbs

Characters built on 巴

These share the phonetic component 巴 (bā), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 吧ba(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?
• 把bǎto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar
• 爸bàfather; dad; pa
• 爬páto crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
• 芭bāan unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辞; used in 芭蕉…
• 疤bāscar; scab
• 靶bǎtarget; mark
• 笆bāan article made of bamboo strips; fence

Sounds the same

Read bà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 爸father; dad; pa
• 罢to stop; to cease; to dismiss
• 霸hegemon; tyrant; lord
• 坝(used in place names) plain; flatland; (dialect) sandbar; shoal
• 把handle
• 耙a hoe; to harrow
• 灞name of a river
• 弝the part of a bow grasped when shooting
• 鲅(bound form) Spanish mackerel
• 猈dog with short shinbone
• 伯variant of 霸
• 欛variant of 杷; variant of 把