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PINYIN INITIAL B
Chinese characters starting with B
Explore 427 Chinese characters whose standard Pinyin begins with B. Open any character to hear its pronunciation, watch the stroke order, and create a printable practice sheet.
Examples in this index: 吧 (ba), 爸 (bà), 八 (bā), 白 (bái), 百 (bǎi), 半 (bàn).
PINYIN SYLLABLES
Pronunciations starting with B
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吧ba7 strokesbar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)→爸bà8 strokesfather→八bā2 strokeseight; 8→白bái5 strokeswhite→百bǎi6 strokeshundred→半bàn5 strokeshalf→班bān10 strokesteam; class; grade→包bāo5 strokesto cover→杯bēi8 strokescup→本běn5 strokes(bound form) root; stem→便biàn9 strokesplain→边biān5 strokesside→病bìng10 strokesillness→不bù4 strokesno; not so→帮bāng9 strokesto help→备bèi8 strokes(bound form) to prepare; to equip→比bǐ4 strokesBelgium→笔bǐ10 strokespen→表biǎo8 strokesexterior surface→别bié7 strokesto leave; to part (from)→步bù7 strokesa step→把bǎ7 strokesto hold; to grasp→办bàn4 strokesto do→板bǎn8 strokesboard→般bān10 strokessort→搬bān13 strokesto move (i.e. relocate oneself)→报bào7 strokesto announce→饱bǎo8 strokesto eat till full→被bèi10 strokesquilt→北běi5 strokesnorth→必bì5 strokescertainly→变biàn8 strokesto change→遍biàn12 strokeseverywhere→宾bīn10 strokesvisitor→冰bīng6 strokesice→巴bā4 strokesBa state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan)→败bài8 strokesto defeat→棒bàng12 strokesstick→抱bào8 strokesto hold→保bǎo9 strokesto defend; to protect; to keep→背bèi9 strokesthe back of a body or object→倍bèi10 strokes(two, three etc) -fold→笨bèn11 strokesstupid→鼻bí14 strokesnose→毕bì6 strokesthe whole of→标biāo9 strokesmark→并bìng6 strokesand→饼bǐng9 strokesround flat cake→博bó12 strokesextensive→膊bó14 strokesshoulder→播bō15 strokesto sow→部bù10 strokesministry→伴bàn7 strokespartner; companion; comrade; associate→扮bàn7 strokesto disguise oneself as→版bǎn8 strokesa register→傍bàng12 strokesnear→膀bǎng14 strokesupper arm→薄báo16 strokesthin→暴bào15 strokessudden→宝bǎo8 strokesjewel→贝bèi4 strokescowrie→币bì4 strokesmoney→闭bì6 strokesto close→避bì16 strokesto avoid→彼bǐ8 strokesthat→拨bō8 strokesto push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc→玻bō9 strokesglass→布bù5 strokescloth→补bǔ7 strokesto repair→拔bá8 strokesto pull up→拜bài9 strokesto bow to; to pay one's respects→摆bǎi13 strokesto arrange→榜bǎng14 strokesnotice or announcement→爆bào19 strokesto explode or burst→胞bāo9 strokesplacenta→辈bèi12 strokeslifetime→悲bēi12 strokessad→奔bēn8 strokesto hurry→壁bì16 strokeswall→臂bì17 strokesarm→逼bī12 strokesto force (sb to do sth)→编biān12 strokesto weave→兵bīng7 strokessoldiers→脖bó11 strokesneck→捕bǔ10 strokesto catch; to seize; to capture→坝bà7 strokesdam→罢bà10 strokesto stop→霸bà21 strokeshegemon→靶bǎ13 strokestarget→叭bā5 strokesdenote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc)→扒bā5 strokesto peel→芭bā7 strokesan unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3ci2]→疤bā9 strokesscar→柏bǎi9 strokescedar→掰bāi12 strokesto break off or break open sth with one's hands→拌bàn8 strokesto mix→绊bàn8 strokesto trip→瓣bàn19 strokespetal→扳bān7 strokesto pull→颁bān10 strokesto promulgate→斑bān12 strokesspot→谤bàng12 strokesto slander→磅bàng15 strokesscale (instrument for weighing)→绑bǎng9 strokesto tie→雹báo13 strokeshail→豹bào10 strokesleopard→堡bǎo12 strokes(bound form) fortress; stronghold→剥bāo10 strokesto peel→煲bāo13 strokesto cook slowly over a low flame→褒bāo15 strokesto praise→狈bèi7 strokesa legendary wolf→惫bèi12 strokesexhausted→焙bèi12 strokesto dry over a fire→卑bēi8 strokeslow→碑bēi13 strokesa monument→迸bèng9 strokesto burst forth→蹦bèng18 strokesto jump; to bounce; to hop→崩bēng11 strokesto collapse→绷bēng11 strokesto draw tight; to stretch taut→庇bì7 strokesto protect→毙bì10 strokesto die→痹bì13 strokesparalysis→弊bì14 strokesdetriment→碧bì14 strokesgreen jade→蔽bì14 strokesto cover→鄙bǐ13 strokesrustic→辨biàn16 strokesto distinguish→辩biàn16 strokesto dispute→辫biàn17 strokesa braid or queue→贬biǎn8 strokesto diminish→扁biǎn9 strokesflat→鞭biān18 strokeswhip or lash→飙biāo16 strokeswhirlwind→憋biē15 strokesto choke→彬bīn11 strokesurbane; well-bred; cultivated→滨bīn13 strokes(bound form) water's edge; bank; shore→缤bīn13 strokeshelter-skelter→濒bīn16 strokesto approach→丙bǐng5 strokesthird of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]→秉bǐng8 strokesto grasp→柄bǐng9 strokeshandle or shaft (of an axe etc)→伯bó7 strokesfather's elder brother→驳bó7 strokesvariegated→泊bó8 strokesto anchor→勃bó9 strokesflourishing→舶bó11 strokesship→搏bó13 strokesto fight→簸bò19 strokesto winnow; to toss up and down→波bō8 strokesPoland→怖bù8 strokesterror→卜bǔ2 strokessurname Bu→哺bǔ10 strokesto eat→犮bá5 strokesold variant of 拔[ba2]→茇bá8 strokesbetel→菝bá11 strokessmilax china→跋bá12 strokespostscript→魃bá14 strokesdrought demon→鲅bà13 strokes(bound form) Spanish mackerel→罷bà15 strokesChinese character→壩bà24 strokesChinese character→灞bà24 strokesname of a river→钯bǎ9 strokespalladium (chemistry)→鈀bǎ12 strokesChinese character→丷bā2 strokes"eight" component in Chinese characters→岜bā7 strokesstony hill→峇bā9 strokescave→捌bā10 strokeseight (banker's anti-fraud numeral)→笆bā10 strokesan article made of bamboo strips→粑bā10 strokesa round flat cake (dialect)→鲃bā12 strokesused in 䰾魚|鲃鱼[ba1 yu2]→呗bài7 strokesmodal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm→敗bài11 strokesChinese character→稗bài13 strokesbarnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli)→佰bǎi8 strokeshundred (banker's anti-fraud numeral)→捭bǎi11 strokesto spread out→擺bǎi18 strokesChinese character→湴bàn11 strokesmud→絆bàn11 strokesChinese character→辦bàn16 strokesChinese character→阪bǎn6 strokesslope→坂bǎn7 strokesChinese character→钣bǎn9 strokesmetal plate→舨bǎn10 strokessampan→闆bǎn17 strokesChinese character→頒bān13 strokesChinese character→瘢bān15 strokesmark→癍bān17 strokesabnormal pigment deposit on the skin→蚌bàng10 strokesmussel→蒡bàng13 strokesArctium lappa→镑bàng15 strokespound (sterling) (loanword)→謗bàng17 strokesChinese character→鎊bàng18 strokesChinese character→綁bǎng12 strokesChinese character→邦bāng6 strokes(bound form) country; nation; state→梆bāng10 strokeswatchman's rattle→浜bāng10 strokesstream→幫bāng17 strokesChinese character→報bào12 strokesChinese character→鲍bào13 strokessurname Bao→鮑bào16 strokesChinese character→鸨bǎo9 strokesChinese bustard→珤bǎo10 strokesChinese character→葆bǎo12 strokesdense foliage→飽bǎo13 strokesChinese character→褓bǎo14 strokescloth for carrying baby on back→鴇bǎo15 strokesChinese character→寶bǎo20 strokesChinese character→勹bāo2 strokesarchaic variant of 包[bao1]→孢bāo8 strokesspore→苞bāo8 strokesbud→剝bāo10 strokesChinese character→龅bāo13 strokesprojecting teeth→齙bāo20 strokesChinese character→唄bei10 strokesChinese character→孛bèi7 strokescomet→貝bèi7 strokesChinese character→邶bèi7 strokesname of a feudal state→钡bèi9 strokesbarium (chemistry)→悖bèi10 strokesto go against→狽bèi10 strokesChinese character→備bèi12 strokesChinese character→碚bèi13 strokes(used in place names)→蓓bèi13 strokes(flower) bud→褙bèi14 strokespaper or cloth pasted together→輩bèi15 strokesChinese character→鋇bèi15 strokesChinese character→憊bèi16 strokesChinese character→鞴bèi19 strokesto saddle a horse→鐾bèi21 strokesto sharpen (a knife) on a stone or a strop→陂bēi7 strokespool→盃bēi9 strokesChinese character→鹎bēi13 strokesthe Pycnonotidae or bulbul family of birds→鵯bēi19 strokesChinese character→坌bèn7 strokesold variant of 笨[ben4]→苯běn8 strokesbenzene→畚běn10 strokesa basket or pan used for earth, manure etc→贲bēn9 strokessurname Ben→锛bēn13 strokesadz→甭béng9 strokes(contraction of 不用[bu4yong4]) need not; please don't→泵bèng9 strokespump (loanword)→甏bèng16 strokesa squat jar for holding wine, sauces etc→镚bèng16 strokessmall coin→埄běng10 strokeslandmark used during the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD)→埲běng11 strokesused in 塕埲[weng3beng3]→嘣bēng14 strokes(onom.) thump→繃bēng17 strokesChinese character→荸bí10 strokesused in 荸薺|荸荠[bi2qi2]→坒bì7 strokesto compare→畀bì8 strokesto confer on→哔bì9 strokes(phonetic)→毖bì9 strokescareful→祕bì9 strokesChinese character→荜bì9 strokesbean→陛bì9 strokesthe steps to the throne→狴bì10 strokes(tapir)→畢bì10 strokesChinese character→铋bì10 strokesbismuth (chemistry)→婢bì11 strokesslave girl→庳bì11 strokeslow-built house→敝bì11 strokesmy (polite)→萆bì11 strokescastor seed→閉bì11 strokesChinese character→弼bì12 strokesto assist→愎bì12 strokesperverse→皕bì12 strokestwo-hundred (rarely used)→筚bì12 strokeswicker→賁bì12 strokesChinese character→赑bì12 strokesChinese character→嗶bì13 strokesChinese character→滗bì13 strokesto pour off (the liquid); to decant; to strain off→痺bì13 strokesChinese character→蓖bì13 strokesthe castor-oil plant→裨bì13 strokesto benefit→跸bì13 strokesto clear streets when emperor tours→幣bì14 strokesChinese character→箅bì14 strokes(bound form) bamboo grid for steaming food→蓽bì14 strokesChinese character→嬖bì16 strokes(treat as a) favorite→篦bì16 strokesfine-toothed comb→篳bì16 strokesChinese character→薜bì16 strokesFicus pumila→觱bì16 strokesfever→斃bì17 strokesChinese character→濞bì17 strokesused in place names→髀bì17 strokesbuttocks→璧bì18 strokesjade annulus→襞bì19 strokescreases→贔bì21 strokesChinese character→匕bǐ2 strokesdagger→吡bǐ7 strokesused as phonetic bi- or pi-→妣bǐ7 strokesdeceased mother→秕bǐ9 strokesgrain not fully grown→俾bǐ10 strokesto cause→舭bǐ10 strokesbilge→啚bǐ11 strokesChinese character→筆bǐ12 strokesChinese character→屄bī8 strokescunt (vulgar)→卞biàn4 strokessurname Bian→弁biàn5 strokes(old) cap (garment)→忭biàn7 strokesdelighted→抃biàn7 strokesto applaud→汴biàn7 strokesname of a river in Henan→苄biàn7 strokesbenzyl (chemistry)→釆biàn7 strokesold variant of 辨[bian4]→缏biàn12 strokesbraid→辮biàn20 strokesChinese character→辯biàn21 strokesChinese character→變biàn23 strokesChinese character→窆biǎn9 strokesto put a coffin in the grave→匾biǎn11 strokeshorizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall→貶biǎn11 strokesChinese character→碥biǎn14 strokesdangerous rocks jutting out over rapids→稨biǎn14 strokesChinese character→褊biǎn14 strokesnarrow→砭biān9 strokesancient stone acupuncture needle→笾biān11 strokesbamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets→猵biān12 strokesa kind of otter→煸biān13 strokesto stir-fry before broiling or stewing→編biān15 strokesChinese character→蝙biān15 strokesused in 蝙蝠[bian1 fu2]→鳊biān17 strokesbream→邊biān18 strokesChinese character→鳔biào19 strokesswim bladder→鰾biào22 strokesChinese character→婊biǎo11 strokesprostitute→裱biǎo13 strokesto hang (paper)→錶biǎo16 strokesChinese character→飑biāo9 strokeswhirlwind→髟biāo10 strokeshair→彪biāo11 strokes(literary) tiger stripes; (by extension) ornate and brightly colored; (by synecdoche) young tiger; (fig.) strong; stalwart→猋biāo12 strokeswhirlwind→摽biāo14 strokesto bind tightly→標biāo15 strokesChinese character→膘biāo15 strokesfat of a stock animal→麃biāo15 strokesto weed→瘭biāo16 strokeswhitlow→镖biāo16 strokesdart-like throwing weapon→飚biāo16 strokesChinese character→藨biāo19 strokeskind of raspberry→鏢biāo19 strokesChinese character→镳biāo20 strokesbit (of a bridle)→飆biāo21 strokesChinese character→鑣biāo23 strokesChinese character→別bié7 strokesChinese character→蹩bié18 strokesto limp→彆biè14 strokesChinese character→瘪biě15 strokesdeflated→癟biē19 strokesChinese character→鳖biē19 strokesfreshwater soft-shelled turtle→鱉biē22 strokesChinese character→摈bìn13 strokesto reject→殡bìn14 strokesa funeral→膑bìn14 strokesChinese character→擯bìn17 strokesChinese character→殯bìn18 strokesChinese character→髌bìn19 strokeskneecapping→鬓bìn20 strokestemples→髕bìn24 strokesChinese character→鬢bìn24 strokesChinese character→邠bīn6 strokesChinese character→玢bīn8 strokes(literary) a kind of jade→傧bīn12 strokesbest man→斌bīn12 strokesChinese character→槟bīn14 strokesbetel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut→豩bīn14 strokesChinese character→賓bīn14 strokesChinese character→镔bīn15 strokesfine steel→頻bīn16 strokesChinese character→濱bīn17 strokesChinese character→豳bīn17 strokesname of an ancient county in Shaanxi→檳bīn18 strokesChinese character→瀕bīn19 strokesChinese character→繽bīn20 strokesChinese character→並bìng8 strokesChinese character→併bìng8 strokesChinese character→摒bìng12 strokesto discard→邴bǐng7 strokesancient city name→炳bǐng9 strokesbright→禀bǐng13 strokesto make a report (to a superior)→稟bǐng13 strokesChinese character→餅bǐng14 strokesChinese character→冫bīng2 strokes"ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15), occurring in 冰[bing1], 次[ci4] etc, known as 兩點水|两点水[liang3 dian3 shui3]→仌bīng4 strokesold variant of 冰[bing1]→啵bo11 strokes(onom.) to bubble→蔔bo15 strokesChinese character→帛bó8 strokessilk→亳bó10 strokesname of district in Anhui→袯bó10 strokesused in 襏襫|袯襫[bo2shi4]→钹bó10 strokescymbals→铂bó10 strokesplatinum (chemistry)→桲bó11 strokesused in 榲桲|榅桲[wen1po5]→渤bó12 strokessame as 渤海[Bo2 Hai3], Bohai Sea between Liaoning and Shandong→鹁bó12 strokeswoodpidgeon→箔bó14 strokesplaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc)→駁bó14 strokesChinese character→踣bó15 strokescorpse→镈bó15 strokesancient musical intrument shaped as a bell→駮bó16 strokesChinese character→鎛bó18 strokesChinese character→鵓bó18 strokesChinese character→簿bó19 strokesa book→礴bó21 strokesto fill→擘bò17 strokesthumb→檗bò17 strokesPhellodendron amurense→跛bǒ12 strokesto limp→癶bō5 strokesKangxi radical 105, known as 登字頭|登字头[deng1 zi4 tou2]→哱bō10 strokesused in 呼哱哱[hu1 bo1 bo1]→趵bō10 strokesjump→钵bō10 strokessmall earthenware plate or basin→饽bō10 strokescake→缽bō11 strokesChinese character→菠bō11 strokesspinach→撥bō15 strokesChinese character→餑bō15 strokesChinese character→醭bú19 strokesmold on liquids→佈bù7 strokesChinese character→歨bù8 strokesold variant of 步[bu4]→钚bù9 strokesplutonium (chemistry)→埗bù10 strokeswharf→埠bù11 strokeswharf→瓿bù12 strokesa kind of vase (old)→卟bǔ5 strokesused in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds porphyrin 卟啉[bu3 lin2] and porphin 卟吩[bu3 fen1]→補bǔ12 strokesChinese character→逋bū10 strokesto flee→钸bū10 strokesmetal plate→晡bū11 strokes3-5 p.m.→鈽bū13 strokesChinese character→
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