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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bǎ | ba3
English translation
to hold
to contain
to grasp
to take hold of
handle
particle marking the following noun as a direct object
classifier for objects with handle
classifier for small objects: handful
to grasp, to hold; to guard, to take; handle

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Preposition / 介词 jiè cí Jiècí

Learning hint

hand

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌巴

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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渔民 yúmín men tuō jìn 船舱 chuán cāng .

The fishermen hauled the fish into the port.

suān 银器 yín qì de 表面 biǎomiàn 腐蚀 fǔshí le .

Acid had pitted the surface of the silver.

他们 tā men cuàn Guò 边界 biānjiè shǎng de 村镇 cūn zhèn , 剥人头皮 tóu pí ,一家 yī jiā 一家人 yī jiā rén 杀死 shā sǐ .

Slipping past the frontier towns, they were scalping and killing whole families.

赶快 gǎnkuài 东西 dōngxī zhuāng jìn 你们 nǐ men de Bāo , 5分钟 fēnzhōng Hòu 我们 wǒmen jiù zǒu .

Pack your bags and make It'snappy; we leave in five minutes.

qǐng yòng zhǐ wǎn shǎng .

Please cover the bowl with a piece of paper.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to hold
把握 bǎwò to seize把握 bǎwò
把手 bǎshǒu handle把手 bǎshǒu
把戏 bǎ xì acrobatics把戲
一把手 yī bǎ shǒu working hand一把手 yī bǎ shǒu
把关 bǎguān to guard a pass把關
把头 bǎ tóu gangmaster把頭
把门 bǎ mén to stand as a goalkeeper把門
火把 huǒ bǎ torch火把 huǒ bǎ
把柄 bǎ bǐng handle把柄 bǎ bǐng
把持 bǎ chí to control把持 bǎ chí
把守 bǎ shǒu to guard把守 bǎ shǒu
个把 gè bǎ one or two個把
拖把 tuō bǎ mop拖把 tuō bǎ
把酒 bǎ jiǔ to raise one's wine cup把酒 bǎ jiǔ
把玩 bǎ wán to play with把玩 bǎ wán
扫把 sào bǎ broom掃把
车把 chē bǎ handlebar (bicycle etc)車把
投机倒把 tóu jī dǎo bǎ speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation投機倒把
一把抓 yī bǎ zhuā to attempt all tasks at once一把抓 yī bǎ zhuā
把脉 bǎ mài to feel the pulse把脈
二把手 èr bǎ shǒu deputy leader二把手 èr bǎ shǒu
捞一把 lāo yī bǎ to profiteer撈一把

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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