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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bá | ba2
English translation
to walk, to travel; epilogue, colophon

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

foot

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

足犮

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

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zhè tāng 上山 shàng shān shì 艰难 jiānnán de 跋涉 bá shè .

It was a hard trudge up the hill.

大部分 dà bù fen 时候 shíhou dōu shì 沿着 yán zhe bèi rén 踩得坑坑洼洼 kēng keng wā wā de 小路 xiǎo lù 跋涉 bá shè

Most of the trek is along worn paths.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
跋涉 bá shè to trudge跋涉 bá shè
长途跋涉 cháng tú bá shè long and difficult trek長途跋涉
postscript
拓跋 Tuò bá also written 拓拔 Tuò bá 拓跋 Tuò bá
跋扈 bá hù bossy跋扈 bá hù
跋山涉水 bá shān shè shuǐ to travel over land and water (idiom)跋山涉水 bá shān shè shuǐ
飞扬跋扈 fēi yáng bá hù bossy and domineering飛揚跋扈
题跋 tí bá short comments題跋
序跋 xù bá preface and postscript序跋 xù bá

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