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靶

bǎ

Character

What 靶 means

1. target
2. mark

Example sentences

• 她的成功让她成为嫉妒心的靶子。
  Tā de chénggōng ràng tā chéngwéi jídù xīn de bǎzi.
  Her success made her the target of jealousy.

Words starting with 靶

• 靶子bǎ zitarget
• 靶场bǎ chǎngshooting range; range
• 靶心bǎ xīncenter of target; bull's eye
• 靶机bǎ jītarget drone
• 靶纸bǎ zhǐtarget sheet
• 靶船bǎ chuántarget ship
• 靶向药bǎ xiàng yào(medicine) targeted drug

Words containing 靶

• 打靶dǎ bǎtarget shooting
• 箭靶jiàn bǎarchery target; (fig.) target of criticism, pressure, attack or blame
• 胸靶xiōng bǎchest silhouette (used as a target in shooting practice)
• 脱靶tuō bǎto miss the target (when shooting); (genome editing) off-target…
• 抄靶子chāo bǎ zi(dialect) to do a body search; to frisk
• 活靶子huó bǎ zilive target; target (of criticism etc)

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
• 笆bāan article made of bamboo strips; fence
• 琶pásee 琵琶, pipa lute

Characters that look like 靶

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

• 歉qiànto apologize; to regret; deficient
• 剩shèngto remain; to be left; to have as remainder
• 靴xuēboots
• 酰xiānacid radical; -acyl (chemistry)
• 鱿yóu(bound form) squid
• 靼dá(phonetic); dressed leather

Sounds the same

Read bǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 把to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar
• 钯palladium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. bā
• 㞎(dialect) poo; (dialect) to shit