Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan); abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing; surname Ba; abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian; abbr. for Pakistan
巴巴ba1
to long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; sth that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士; bar (unit of pressure); nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail
tight (i.e. lacking money); hard up; same as 緊巴巴|紧巴巴
紧巴巴緊巴巴jin3 ba1 ba1
tight fitting; hard up (i.e. lacking money)
京巴狗京巴狗jing1 ba1 gou3
Pekingese (dog breed)
九巴九巴jiu3 ba1
Kowloon Motor Bus Company KMB
酒巴酒巴jiu3 ba1
pub; also written 酒吧
卷巴卷巴juan3 ba1
to bundle up
喀尔巴阡山脉喀爾巴阡山脈ka1 er3 ba1 qian1 shan1 mai4
Carpathian Mountains, 1500-km mountain range in Central and Eastern Europe
卡巴莱卡巴萊ka3 ba1 lai2
cabaret
卡巴斯基卡巴斯基ka3 ba1 si1 ji1
Kaspersky (computer security product brand)
卡尔巴拉卡爾巴拉ka3 er3 ba1 la1
Karbala (city in Iraq)
康巴康巴kang1 ba1
Khampa, subdivision of Tibetan ethnic group; former Tibetan province of Kham, now split between Tibet and Sichuan
康巴地区康巴地區kang1 ba1 di4 qu1
former Tibetan province of Kham, now split between Tibet and Sichuan
康巴藏区康巴藏區kang1 ba1 zang4 qu1
former Kham province of Tibet, now split between Tibet and Sichuan
磕磕巴巴磕磕巴巴ke1 ke1 ba1 ba1
stammering; stuttering; not speaking fluently
可怜巴巴可憐巴巴ke3 lian2 ba1 ba1
pathetic; pitiful
克娄巴特拉克婁巴特拉ke4 lou2 ba1 te4 la1
Cleopatra (name); Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (69-30 BC), the last Egyptian pharaoh
库里提巴庫里提巴ku4 li3 ti2 ba1
Curitiba (city in Brazil)
拉巴斯拉巴斯la1 ba1 si1
La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia
拉巴特拉巴特la1 ba1 te4
Rabat, capital of Morocco
老实巴交老實巴交lao3 shi5 ba1 jiao1
(coll.) docile; well-behaved; biddable
老鼠尾巴老鼠尾巴lao3 shu3 wei3 ba5
lit. rat's tail; fig. a follower of inferior stature
黎巴嫩黎巴嫩li2 ba1 nen4
Lebanon
脸巴子臉巴子lian3 ba1 zi5
cheek
敛巴斂巴lian3 ba5
(dialect) to gather (sth)
淋巴淋巴lin2 ba1
lymph (loanword); lymphatic
淋巴癌淋巴癌lin2 ba1 ai2
lymphoma
淋巴管淋巴管lin2 ba1 guan3
lymphatic channel
淋巴结淋巴結lin2 ba1 jie2
lymphatic node; lymph gland
淋巴瘤淋巴瘤lin2 ba1 liu2
lymphoma
淋巴细胞淋巴細胞lin2 ba1 xi4 bao1
lymphocyte
淋巴系统淋巴系統lin2 ba1 xi4 tong3
lymphatic system
淋巴腺淋巴腺lin2 ba1 xian4
lymph node; lymphatic gland
淋巴液淋巴液lin2 ba1 ye4
lymphatic fluid; lymph
留尾巴留尾巴liu2 wei3 ba5
to leave loose ends; to leave matters unresolved
伦巴倫巴lun2 ba1
rumba (loanword)
罗巴切夫斯基羅巴切夫斯基luo2 ba1 qie4 fu1 si1 ji1
Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1793-1856), one of the discoverers of non-Euclidean geometry
珞巴语珞巴語luo4 ba1 yu3
Lhoba, language of Lhoba ethnic group of southeast Tibet
珞巴族珞巴族luo4 ba1 zu2
Lhoba ethnic group of southeast Tibet
妈拉个巴子媽拉個巴子ma1 la1 ge5 ba1 zi5
fuck!; motherfucker!; fucking
妈了个巴子媽了個巴子ma1 le5 ge5 ba1 zi5
fuck!; motherfucker!; fucking
马尼托巴馬尼托巴ma3 ni2 tuo1 ba1
Manitoba province, Canada
迈巴赫邁巴赫mai4 ba1 he4
Maybach, German car brand
曼尼托巴曼尼托巴man4 ni2 tuo1 ba1
Manitoba, province of Canada
门巴族門巴族men2 ba1 zu2
Menba ethnic group
门兴格拉德巴赫門興格拉德巴赫men2 xing1 ge2 la1 de2 ba1 he4
Mönchengladbach (city in Germany)
蒙巴顿蒙巴頓meng2 ba1 dun4
Mountbatten (name, Anglicization of German Battenberg); Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British commander in Southeast Asia during WWII, presided over the partition of India in 1947, murdered by the IRA.
蒙巴萨蒙巴薩meng2 ba1 sa4
Mombasa (city in Kenya)
墨巴本墨巴本mo4 ba1 ben3
Mbabane, capital of Swaziland (Tw)
姆巴巴纳姆巴巴納mu3 ba1 ba1 na4
Mbabane, capital of Swaziland
穆巴拉克穆巴拉克mu4 ba1 la1 ke4
Hosni Mubarak (1928-), former Egyptian President and military commander
拿破仑·波拿巴拿破崙·波拿巴na2 po4 lun2 - bo1 na2 ba1
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
Choibalsan, city in Mongolia, capital of the eastern aimag (province) of Dornod; Khorloogiin Choibalsan (1895-1952), Communist leader of the Mongolian People's Republic (mid-1930s-1952)
翘尾巴翹尾巴qiao4 wei3 ba5
to be cocky
萨巴德罗薩巴德羅sa4 ba1 de2 luo2
Zapatero (name); José Luis Zapatero (1960-), Spanish PSOE politician, prime minister of Spain from 2004
塞巴斯蒂安塞巴斯蒂安sai1 ba1 si1 di4 an1
Sebastian (name)
桑巴桑巴sang1 ba1
samba (dance) (loanword)
桑给巴尔桑給巴爾sang1 ji3 ba1 er3
Zanzibar
森巴舞森巴舞sen1 ba1 wu3
samba (Tw) (loanword)
沙巴沙巴sha1 ba1
Sabah, state of Malaysia in north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
沙依巴克沙依巴克sha1 yi1 ba1 ke4
Saybagh district (Uighur: Saybagh Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市, Xinjiang
沙依巴克区沙依巴克區sha1 yi1 ba1 ke4 qu1
Saybagh district (Uighur: Saybagh Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市, Xinjiang
士巴拿士巴拿shi4 ba1 na2
(dialect) spanner (loanword)
瘦巴巴瘦巴巴shou4 ba1 ba1
thin; scrawny; emaciated
双层巴士雙層巴士shuang1 ceng2 ba1 shi4
double-decker bus
斯巴达斯巴達si1 ba1 da2
Sparta
斯巴鲁斯巴魯si1 ba1 lu3
Subaru
斯里巴加湾港斯里巴加灣港si1 li3 ba1 jia1 wan1 gang3
Bandar Seri Begawan, capital of Brunei
松巴哇松巴哇song1 ba1 wa1
Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java
松巴哇岛松巴哇島song1 ba1 wa1 dao3
Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java
所罗巴伯所羅巴伯suo3 luo2 ba1 bo2
Zerubbabel (son of Shealtiel)
台巴子台巴子tai2 ba1 zi5
Taiwanese yokel (derog.)
特古西加尔巴特古西加爾巴te4 gu3 xi1 jia1 er3 ba1
Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras
特立尼达和多巴哥特立尼達和多巴哥te4 li4 ni2 da2 he2 duo1 ba1 ge1
Trinidad and Tobago
廷巴克图廷巴克圖ting2 ba1 ke4 tu2
Timbuktoo (town and historical cultural center in Mali, a World Heritage site)
拖尾巴拖尾巴tuo1 wei3 ba5
to obstruct; to be a drag on sb; to delay finishing off a job
尾巴尾巴wei3 ba5
tail; colloquial pr.
沃伦·巴菲特沃倫·巴菲特wo4 lun2 - ba1 fei1 te4
Warren Buffett (1930-), the Sage of Omaha, US investor and philanthropist, principal owner of holding company Berkshire Hathaway
乌兰巴托烏蘭巴托wu1 lan2 ba1 tuo1
Ulaanbaatar or Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia
戊巴比妥钠戊巴比妥鈉wu4 ba1 bi3 tuo3 na4
pentasorbital sodium (a sedative)
稀巴烂稀巴爛xi1 ba1 lan4
same as 稀爛|稀烂
下巴下巴xia4 ba5
chin
下巴颏下巴頦xia4 ba5 ke1
chin
夏尔巴人夏爾巴人xia4 er3 ba1 ren2
Sherpa
香巴拉香巴拉xiang1 ba1 la1
Shambhala, mythical place (Buddhism, Hinduism)
乡巴佬鄉巴佬xiang1 ba1 lao3
(derog.) villager; hick; bumpkin
向巴平措向巴平措xiang4 ba1 ping2 cuo4
Qiangba Puncog (1947-), chairman of government of Tibet (i.e. governor)
小巴小巴xiao3 ba1
minibus
小型巴士小型巴士xiao3 xing2 ba1 shi4
minibus; microbus
谢尔巴人謝爾巴人xie4 er3 ba1 ren2
Sherpa
新巴尔虎右旗新巴爾虎右旗xin1 ba1 er3 hu3 you4 qi2
New Barag right banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
新巴尔虎左旗新巴爾虎左旗xin1 ba1 er3 hu3 zuo3 qi2
New Barag left banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
辛巴威辛巴威xin1 ba1 wei1
Zimbabwe (Tw)
星巴克星巴克xing1 ba1 ke4
Starbucks, US coffee shop chain
凶巴巴凶巴巴xiong1 ba1 ba1
harsh; savage; fierce
丫巴儿丫巴兒ya1 ba1 er5
fork (of a tree, road, argument etc); bifurcation; fork junction
哑巴啞巴ya3 ba5
mute; muted; a dumb person; to be dumb
哑巴吃黄莲啞巴吃黃蓮ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom); also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连; (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出)
哑巴吃黄连啞巴吃黃連ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom); also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲; (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出)
to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom); unable to speak of one's bitter suffering; sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
哑巴亏啞巴虧ya3 ba5 kui1
pent-up unspoken grievances; suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of
亚巴郎亞巴郎ya4 ba1 lang2
Abraham (name)
亚的斯亚贝巴亞的斯亞貝巴ya4 di4 si1 ya4 bei4 ba1
Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia
亚喀巴亞喀巴ya4 ka1 ba1
Aqaba (port city in Jordan)
亚拉巴马亞拉巴馬ya4 la1 ba1 ma3
Alabama, US state
亚拉巴马州亞拉巴馬州ya4 la1 ba1 ma3 zhou1
Alabama, US state
盐巴鹽巴yan2 ba1
table salt
眼巴巴眼巴巴yan3 ba1 ba1
waiting anxiously; impatient
一个巴掌拍不响一個巴掌拍不響yi1 ge5 ba1 zhang3 pai1 bu4 xiang3
lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb); fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute; it takes two to tango; it's difficult to achieve anything without support
伊斯兰马巴德伊斯蘭馬巴德yi1 si1 lan2 ma3 ba1 de2
Islamabad, capital of Pakistan (Tw)
异戊巴比妥異戊巴比妥yi4 wu4 ba1 bi3 tuo3
amobarbital (drug) (loanword)
印巴印巴yin4 ba1
India and Pakistan
眨巴眨巴zha3 ba5
to blink; to wink
镇巴鎮巴zhen4 ba1
Zhenba County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
镇巴县鎮巴縣zhen4 ba1 xian4
Zhenba County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
中巴中巴zhong1 ba1
China-Pakistan (relations); China-Bahamas
中巴中巴zhong1 ba1
minibus
中巴士中巴士zhong1 ba1 shi4
minibus
仲巴仲巴zhong4 ba1
Zhongba county, Tibetan: 'Brong pa rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
仲巴县仲巴縣zhong4 ba1 xian4
Zhongba county, Tibetan: 'Brong pa rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
皱巴巴皺巴巴zhou4 ba1 ba1
wrinkled; crumpled; unironed
猪尾巴豬尾巴zhu1 wei3 ba5
pig's tail (meat)
自由古巴自由古巴zi4 you2 gu3 ba1
Cuba Libre
宗喀巴宗喀巴zong1 ka1 ba1
Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibetan religious leader, founder of the Gelugpa school 格魯派|格鲁派