Chinese words starting with “ba”
25 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable ba. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 2 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial b · final a · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 8
- 2nd tone 2
- 3rd tone 6
- 4th tone 8
- neutral tone 1
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 爸爸bà baHSK 1
(coll.) father; dad
- 把握bǎ wòHSK 3
to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome)
All 25 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 把 | bǎ | p,qv,v,m | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 2 | 吧 | ba | y | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume. | |
| 3 | 爸 | bà | n | father; dad; pa; papa | |
| 4 | 八 | bā | m,t | eight; 8 | |
| 5 | 拔 | bá | v | to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize | |
| 6 | 罢了 | bà le | y | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 7 | 八卦 | bā guà | n | the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经; gossip; gossipy | |
| 8 | 罢工 | bà gōng | vn,v | a strike; to go on strike | |
| 9 | 把手 | bǎ shou | n | handle; grip; knob | |
| 10 | 巴士 | bā shì | n | bus (loanword); motor coach | |
| 11 | 扒 | bā | v | to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig | |
| 12 | 疤 | bā | n | scar; scab | |
| 13 | 芭蕾 | bā lěi | n | ballet (loanword) | |
| 14 | 把戏 | bǎ xì | n | acrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy | |
| 15 | 霸道 | bà dào | a,an,v | the Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道; despotic rule; rule by might; evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道; overbearing; tyranny; (of liquor, medicine etc) strong; potent | |
| 16 | 霸占 | bà zhàn | v | to occupy by force; to seize; to dominate | |
| 17 | 罢休 | bà xiū | v | to give up; to abandon (a goal etc); to let sth go; forget it; let the matter drop | |
| 18 | 坝 | bà | n | dam; dike; embankment | |
| 19 | 把柄 | bǎ bǐng | n | handle; (fig.) information that can be used against sb | |
| 20 | 靶子 | bǎ zi | n | target | |
| 21 | 巴不得 | bā bu de | v | (coll.) to be eager for; to long for; to look forward to | |
| 22 | 把关 | bǎ guān | v | to guard a pass; to check on sth | |
| 23 | 巴结 | bā jie | v | to fawn on; to curry favor with; to make up to | |
| 24 | 罢免 | bà miǎn | v | to remove sb from their post; to dismiss | |
| 25 | 拔苗助长 | bá miáo zhù zhǎng | to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom) |
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