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Animated Stroke Order 巴

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How to write 巴 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 巴

巴 stroke order diagram

3.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 巴

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4.

How to Use 巴

Body Part Suffix

Used as a suffix to form nouns for body parts.

尾巴 • wěi ba • tail; appendage • HSK 5

HSK 5

5.

HSK Vocabulary: 巴

大巴 • dà bā • (coll.) large bus

HSK 3.0 · L4

dà大

bā

6.

Example Sentences

Tā他

zài在

wǔ舞

dǎo蹈

kè课

shàng上

xué

Information

Pinyinbā

Meaningto hope for; to cling to; to stick to

Strokes4

Radical巳

Traditional巴

StructureSingle Body

Frequency#794

Zhuyinㄅㄚ

UnicodeU+5DF4

CangjieAU

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wěi尾

ba巴

tail; appendage

嘴巴 • zuǐ ba • mouth • HSK 3.0 · L5

HSK 3.0 · L5

zuǐ嘴

ba巴

mouth

Expressing Eager Desire

Used in expressions meaning 'to eagerly wish for something' or 'to curry favor'.

巴结 • bā jie • curry favour with; fawn on; flatter • HSK 6

HSK 6

bā巴

jie结

curry favour with; fawn on; flatter

巴不得 • bā bù dé • be only too anxious; eagerly look forward to; earnestly wish • HSK 6

HSK 6

bā巴

bù不

dé得

be only too anxious; eagerly look forward to; earnestly wish

巴

(coll.) large bus

巴掌 • bā zhǎng • Slap

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

bā巴

zhǎng掌

Slap

学

huì会

le了

lún伦

bā巴

de的

jī基

běn本

bù步

fá伐

。

He learned the basic steps of the rumba in dance class.

tā他

zǒng总

shì是

bā巴

jie结

shàng上

sī司

yǐ以

qiú求

jìn晋

shēng升

。

He always flatters his boss for promotion.

tā他

shēng生

qì气

dì地

pāi拍

le了

yí一

xià下

bā巴

zhǎng掌

。

He angrily clapped his hands.

Dì地

shàng上

yǒu有

hěn很

duō多

ní泥

bā巴

。

There is a lot of mud on the ground.

xiǎo小

māo猫

de的

wěi尾

ba巴

qiào翘

dé得

gāo高

gāo高

de的

。

The kitten's tail is held high.

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Same Sound

Characters pronounced "ba".

笆bābamboo fence
犮bádog (archaic)
跋bágo by foot; epilogue, colophon
捌bābreak open, split open; an accounting version of the numeral eight
吧ba[makes a suggestion, eg. "Let's …")]
拨báto pull up

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Characters with radical "巳".

巳sìthe hours from 9 to 11; 6th terrestrial branch
巷xiànglane; alley

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