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琶

pá

Character

What 琶 means

1. see 琵琶, pipa lute

Example sentences

• 琵琶湖是日本最大的湖。
  Pípá Hú shì Rìběn zuì dà de hú.
  Lake Biwa is the largest lake in Japan.
• 最早的琵琶大约在秦朝时期发明的。
  Zuì zǎo de pípa dàyuē zài Qíncháo shíqī fāmíng de.
  The first lute was invented during the Qin dynasty.
• 美国自然历史博物馆的「光之生物」展览展出了发绿色光的水母、额头上提着灯笼的琵琶鱼，以及在洞穴顶棚上悬挂粘液状细丝，用来诱捕猎物的萤火虫。
  The American Museum of Natural History’s “Creatures of Light” exhibit features jellyfish that glow green, anglerfish whose lantern-like bulbs dangle from their foreheads and luminous glowworms that hang mucus-like strands from cave ceilings to attract and ensnare their prey.

Words starting with 琶

• 琶洲Pá zhōuPazhou district in Guangzhou, Guangdong; Pazhou Island in Guangzhou, formerly called…
• 琶音pá yīn(music) arpeggio

Words containing 琶

• 琵琶pí papipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
• 洋琵琶yáng pí pámandolin
• 琵琶行Pí pa XíngSong of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易
• 琵琶骨pí pa gǔ(old) scapula
• 琵琶鱼pí pa yúanglerfish

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

Characters that look like 琶

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 蒙méng(literary) sincere; honest; genuine
• 氮dànnitrogen (chemistry)
• 葱cōngscallion; green onion
• 琵písee 琵琶, pipa lute
• 雹báohail
• 萸yúused in 茱萸

Sounds the same

Read pá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 爬to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
• 扒to rake up; to steal; to braise
• 耙a rake
• 筢bamboo rake
• 跁to squat; crouch
• 杷used in 枇杷
• 掱variant of 扒
• 钯old variant of 耙