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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bā | ba1
English translation
scar
scab
scar, cicatrix; birthmark

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

sickness

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

疒巴

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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yòng 锤子 chuí zi 将门敲得疤痕 bā hén 累累 léi léi .

He scarred the door with a hammer.

如果 rúguǒ 伤口 shāng kǒu 缝合 féng hé hǎo , huì xià 什么 shénme 伤疤 shāng bā .

If the wound is stitched up skillfully, it will hardly leave a mark.

脸部 liǎn bù 受伤 shòushāng Hòu xià 块难 kān de 伤疤 shāng bā , 所以 suǒyǐ 留起胡须 húxū 遮住 zhē zhù .

The wound left a nasty mark on his face, so he grew beard over it to hide it.

zhēng le yǎn wàng zhāo . 原来 yuánlái 胡子 hú zi shì 用来 yòng lái zhē !

I stared at him. That, then , was the secret of the mustache - grown to cover a scar!

以为 yǐwéi 脸上有疤, jiù Néng 为所欲为 wéi suǒ yù wéi ?

You think you can do whatever you want because your face is messed up?

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
scar
伤疤 shāng bā scar傷疤
疤痕 bā hén scar疤痕 bā hén
疮疤 chuāng bā scar瘡疤
结疤 jié bā to form a scar結疤
节疤 jié bā gnarl節疤
好了疮疤忘了痛 hǎo le chuāng bā wàng le tòng to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)好了瘡疤忘了痛

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