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霸

bà

HSK 6 Character

What 霸 means

1. hegemon
2. tyrant
3. lord
4. feudal chief
5. to rule by force
6. to usurp
7. (in modern advertising) master

Other readings

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

• bàvariant of {霸|bà}

Example sentences

• 停止霸凌！
  Tíngzhǐ bàlíng!
  Stop bullying.
• 我们不希望有人在这里吃霸王餐。
  Wǒmen bù xīwàng yǒurén zài zhèlǐ chī bàwáng cān.
  We don't want any freeloaders around here.
• 恶霸恶劣地践踏同学的午餐便当。
  The bully stomped on his schoolmate’s lunchbox out of spite.
• 这场战役让拿破仑称霸了整个欧洲。
  Zhè chǎng zhànyì ràng Nápòlún chēngbà le zhěnggè ōuzhōu.
  This battle left Napoleon master of Europe.
• Mary霸占了她的包包并且离开了。
  Mary bàzhàn le tā de bāobāo bìngqiě líkāi le.
  Mary grabbed her purse and left.

Words starting with 霸

• 霸道bà dàothe Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道; despotic rule
• 霸王bà wánghegemon; overlord; despot
• 霸占bà zhànto occupy by force; to seize; to dominate
• 霸权bà quánhegemony; supremacy
• 霸气bà qìimperious; aggressive; assertive; dictatorial manner; boldness
• 霸主bà zhǔa powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); overlord…
• 霸王别姬Bà wáng Bié JīThe Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine…
• 霸权主义bà quán zhǔ yìhegemonism
• 霸凌bà líng(loanword) bullying
• 霸妻bà qīto use one's power and influence to take another man's wife for oneself
• 霸座bà zuòto willfully occupy sb else's seat
• 霸业bà yèthe task of establishing and maintaining hegemony
• 霸榜bà bǎngto dominate a chart; to top a ranking
• 霸机bà jī(of passengers) to stage a sit-in after the plane has landed…
• 霸县Bà xiànBa county in Tianjin
• 霸总bà zǒnghandsome high-powered businessman (abbr. for 霸道总裁
• 霸州市Bà zhōu ShìBazhou, a county-level city in Langfang City 廊坊市
• 霸王树bà wáng shùMadagascar palm (Pachypodium lamerei)
• 霸王龙bà wáng lóngTyrannosaurus rex
• 霸王之道Bà wáng zhī dàothe Way of the Hegemon; despotic rule; abbr. to 霸道
• 霸王条款bà wáng tiáo kuǎn(law) unfair clause; unequal clause
• 霸道总裁bà dào zǒng cáihandsome high-powered businessman…
• 霸王鞭bà wáng biāna rattle stick used in folk dancing; rattle stick dance
• 霸王硬上弓bà wáng yìng shàng gōngto force oneself upon sb (idiom); to rape

Words containing 霸

• 争霸zhēng bàto contend for hegemony; a power struggle
• 称霸chēng bàlit. to proclaim oneself hegemon; to take a leading role; to build a personal fiefdom
• 巨无霸jù wú bàgiant; leviathan
• 恶霸è bàevil tyrant
• 独霸dú bàto dominate (a market etc); to monopolize
• 横行霸道héng xíng bà dàoto oppress; to rule as a despot; to tyrannize
• 制霸zhì bàto reign supreme; to dominate (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 制霸 "seiha")
• 学霸xué bà(slang) straight-A student; academic prodigy
• 校霸xiào bàschool bully
• 波霸bō bà(slang; loanword) big boobs; big-breasted; (colloquial) tapioca balls, in 波霸奶茶
• 浴霸yù bàbathroom infrared heater, marketed as "bath master"
• 考霸kǎo bà"exam master", sb who takes many exams and aces all of them
• 路霸lù bàbrigand; (modern) uncivil driver; road hog; (mainland) person who sets up an illegal toll
• 麦霸mài bàmic hog; person who monopolizes the mike at karaoke party…
• 爱词霸Ài cí bàiCIBA, online dictionary by Kingsoft
• 金霸王Jīn bà wángDuracell (US brand of batteries etc)
• 吃霸王餐chī bà wáng cānto dine and dash; to leave without paying
• 星海争霸Xīng hǎi Zhēng bàStarCraft (video game series) (Tw)
• 星际争霸Xīng jì Zhēng bàStarCraft (video game series)
• 欺男霸女qī nán bà nǚto oppress the people; to act tyrannically
• 欺行霸市qī háng bà shì(idiom) to dominate the market through unfair, coercive or monopolistic practices
• 波霸奶茶bō bà nǎi chábubble milk tea (Tw); Boba milk tea; tapioca milk tea
• 街头霸王Jiē tóu Bà wángStreet Fighter (video game series)
• 巨无霸指数Jù wú bà Zhǐ shùBig Mac Index, a measure of the purchasing power parity (PPP) between currencies

Characters that look like 霸

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

• 露lùdew; syrup; nectar
• 蠢chǔnstupid; sluggish; clumsy
• 馨xīnfragrant
• 霹pīused in 霹雳
• 霾máihaze
• 霰xiàngraupel; snow pellet; soft hail

Sounds the same

Read bà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 爸father; dad; pa
• 罢to stop; to cease; to dismiss
• 坝(used in place names) plain; flatland; (dialect) sandbar; shoal
• 把handle
• 耙a hoe; to harrow
• 灞name of a river
• 杷handle or shaft (of an axe etc); hoe; to harrow
• 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