START WITH COMMON CHARACTERS
Common “ba” Chinese characters
The same romanized syllable can represent different characters and tones. These useful HSK vocabulary characters are shown first so learners can begin with everyday Mandarin.
eight; 8
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bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)
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father
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to hold; to grasp
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Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan)
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to pull up
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denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc)
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to peel
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dam
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an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3ci2]
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scar
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to stop
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TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced ba
1 dictionary entry uses the pronunciation ba, including 吧 (bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)).
TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced bá
6 dictionary entries use the pronunciation bá, including 拔 (to pull up), 犮 (old variant of 拔[ba2]), 茇 (betel), 菝 (smilax china), 跋 (postscript).
to pull up
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old variant of 拔[ba2]
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betel
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smilax china
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postscript
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drought demon
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TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced bà
8 dictionary entries use the pronunciation bà, including 爸 (father), 坝 (dam), 罢 (to stop), 霸 (hegemon), 鲅 ((bound form) Spanish mackerel).
father
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dam
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to stop
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hegemon
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(bound form) Spanish mackerel
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Chinese character
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Chinese character
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name of a river
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TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced bǎ
4 dictionary entries use the pronunciation bǎ, including 把 (to hold; to grasp), 靶 (target), 钯 (palladium (chemistry)), 鈀 (Chinese character).
to hold; to grasp
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target
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palladium (chemistry)
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Chinese character
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TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced bā
13 dictionary entries use the pronunciation bā, including 八 (eight; 8), 巴 (Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan)), 叭 (denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc)), 扒 (to peel), 芭 (an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3ci2]).
eight; 8
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Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan)
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denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc)
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to peel
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an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3ci2]
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scar
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"eight" component in Chinese characters
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stony hill
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cave
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eight (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
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an article made of bamboo strips
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a round flat cake (dialect)
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used in 䰾魚|鲃鱼[ba1 yu2]
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PRINTABLE PRACTICE
Practice these ba characters
Create an A4 Tianzige or Mizige worksheet using 12 useful characters from this pronunciation group.
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