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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bǎ | ba3
English translation
target, mark

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Preposition / 介词 jiè cí Jiècí

Learning hint

leather

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

革巴

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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jiàn xián fēi , shè Zhōng le xīn .

The arrow flew off and hit the bull's eye.

我们 wǒmen wǎng 靶子 bǎ zi shǎng zhì 飞刀 fēi dāo .

We threw knives at targets.

昨天 zuótiān 只有 zhǐyǒu 一次 yī cì 脱靶 tuō bǎ .

He missed the target only once yesterday.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
target
靶子 bǎ zi target靶子 bǎ zi
打靶 dǎ bǎ target shooting打靶 dǎ bǎ
靶场 bǎ chǎng range靶場
脱靶 tuō bǎ to miss脫靶
靶机 bǎ jī target drone靶機
靶纸 bǎ zhǐ target sheet靶紙
靶船 bǎ chuán target ship靶船 bǎ chuán
胸靶 xiōng bǎ chest silhouette (used as a target in shooting practice)胸靶 xiōng bǎ

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