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芭

bā

Character

What 芭 means

1. an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu {楚辞|Chǔ cí}
2. used in {芭蕉|bā jiāo}
3. used in transliteration

Example sentences

• 阿利斯特杀了芭芭拉。
  ālìsītè shā le Bābālā.
  Alister killed Barbara.
• 芭蕉是最伟大的诗人。
  Basho was the greatest poet.
• 是阿里斯特杀了芭芭拉。
  Shì ālǐsītè shā le Bābālā.
  It was Alister who killed Barbara.
• 芭芭拉昨天考驾照考得怎样？
  Bābālā zuótiān kǎo jiàzhào kǎo de zěnyàng?
  How did Barbara do on her driver's test yesterday?
• 我和丈夫周日要去四季演艺中心，去看国家芭蕾舞团表演的芭蕾舞剧《卡门》。
  My husband and I are going on Sunday to see the ballet, Carmen, performed by the National Ballet Company at the Four Seasons Centre.
• 那是 2025 年 4 月 26 日。下午两点前，阳光明媚，万里无云。我来到我家附近的死胡同，静静地漫步。我欣赏着花园，这让我想起了道家思想：人如何影射天：樱花的簇簇花海，如同远处的星云。人其实不必走太远。我的白人邻居芭芭拉正站在她家车道上。她和丈夫肯恩正要出门去买鸡蛋。他们家很爱吃鸡蛋。
  It's the 26th of April of 2025. Before 14:00, a sunny blue-sky afternoon, I went to my neighbourhood's cul-de-sac to meditatively walk around and around there. I admired the gardens. They reminded me of Daoism: how the microcosm reflects the macrocosm: The puffs of sakura would be a nebula afar. One need not really travel too far. Barb my white neighbour was at her driveway. She and her husband Ken would be going out to buy eggs. They eat many eggs.

Words starting with 芭

• 芭蕾bā lěiballet (loanword)
• 芭蕾舞bā lěi wǔballet (loanword)
• 芭蕉bā jiāoJapanese banana (Musa basjoo)
• 芭拉bā lāguava (loanword from Taiwanese)
• 芭乐bā lèguava (loanword from Taiwanese)
• 芭比Bā bǐBarbie
• 芭菲bā fēiparfait (loanword)
• 芭提雅Bā tí yǎPattaya, Thailand
• 芭乐歌bā lè gē(Taiwan) ballad (loanword); mainstream song
• 芭乐票bā lè piào(Taiwan) bounced check; bad check
• 芭芭拉Bā bā lāBarbara or Barbra (name)
• 芭拉芭拉bā lā bā lāpara para, a Eurobeat dance originating in Japan, with synchronized upper body movements…
• 芭蕉扇bā jiāo shànpalm-leaf fan
• 芭达雅Bā dá yǎvariant of 帕塔亚; Pattaya or Phatthaya city in Chon Buri province of east Thailand

Words containing 芭

• 水上芭蕾shuǐ shàng bā lěisynchronized swimming
• 洁西卡·艾芭Jié xī kǎ · Ài bāJessica Alba, American actress
• 杰西卡·艾尔芭Jié xī kǎ · Ài ěr bāJessica Alba, American actress

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
• 疤bāscar; scab
• 靶bǎtarget; mark
• 笆bāan article made of bamboo strips; fence
• 琶pásee 琵琶, pipa lute

Characters that look like 芭

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

• 色sècolor; look; appearance
• 范fànpattern; model; example
• 凭píngto lean against; to rely on; on the basis of
• 岂qǐhow? (emphatic question)
• 邑yìcity; village
• 苞bāobud; flower calyx; luxuriant

Sounds the same

Read bā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 八eight
• 巴to long for; to wish; to cling to
• 叭denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc)
• 扒to peel; to skin; to tear
• 疤scar; scab
• 吧bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)…
• 笆an article made of bamboo strips; fence
• 峇(used in transliteration)
• 粑a round flat cake (dialect)
• 鲃used in 鲃鱼
• 〨numeral 8 in the Suzhou numeral system 苏州码子
• 丷"eight" component in Chinese characters; old variant of 八