bā 
		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[ba1 shi4]
bar (unit of pressure)
nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bā 
		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
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Ā lǐ bā bā 
		Alibaba, PRC e-commerce company
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			Ā lǐ Bā bā 
		Ali Baba, character from The Arabian Nights
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lín bā 
		lymph (loanword)
lymphatic
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lín bā jié 
		lymphatic node
lymph gland
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bā Jīn 
		Ba Jin (1904-2005), novelist, author of the trilogy 家, 春, 秋
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bā zhǎng 
		palm of the hand
classifier: slap
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǎ ba 
		mute
muted
a dumb person
to be dumb
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Shā bā 
		Sabah, state of Malaysia in north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bā dòu 
		croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1]
croton seed, a strong purgative
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bā bù dé 
		to be eager for
to long for
to look forward to
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bā shǔ 
		Sichuan
originally two provinces of Qin and Han
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bā tè 
		Barth or Barthes (name)
Roland Barthes (1915-1980), French critic and semiotician
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǎ ba kuī 
		pent-up unspoken grievances
suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bā hè 
		Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bā lí 
		Bali (island province of Indonesia)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiāng bā lǎo 
		(derog.) villager
hick
bumpkin
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wěi ba 
		tail
colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xīng bā kè 
		Starbucks, US coffee shop chain
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bā shì 
		bus (loanword)
motor coach
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bā yàn 
		Bayan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bā sī 
		Bath city in southwest England
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bā jie 
		to fawn on
to curry favor with
to make up to
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bā yàn nào ěr 
		Bayan Nur prefecture level city in Inner Mongolia