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
Gē ěr bā qiáo fū
Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (1931-), last president of the Soviet Union 1991-1995
Mài bā hè
Maybach, German car brand
Bā lí dǎo
Bali (island in Indonesia)
Ào bā mǎ
Barack Obama (1961-), US Democrat politician, president from 2009
Zhōng Bā
China-Pakistan (relations)
China-Bahamas
Ā bā
Aba, southeast Nigerian city
Aba, the Lisu 傈僳 word for grandfather
Bā nán qū
Banan district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
Bā zhōng shì
Bazhong prefecture level city in Panzhihua 攀枝花[Pan1 zhi1 hua1], south Sichuan
Bā lì
Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon
Barry (name)
Gareth Barry (1981-), English footballer
Bā nán
Banan district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
Bā zhōu
East Sichuan and Chongqing
also abbr. for Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang
abbr. for 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
Dān bā
Danba county (Tibetan: rong brag rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Bā lā kè
Barack, Barak, Ballack (name)
Bā dōng
Badong county in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei
Bā zhōng
Bazhong prefecture level city in Panzhihua 攀枝花[Pan1 zhi1 hua1], south Sichuan
ōu ba sāng
older female
woman of mature years (Japanese loanword)
Bā Yǐ
Palestinian-Israeli (relations)
Bā yàn nào ěr shì
Bayan Nur prefecture level city in Inner Mongolia
Kāng bā
Khampa, subdivision of Tibetan ethnic group
former Tibetan province of Kham, now split between Tibet and Sichuan
yǎn bā bā
waiting anxiously
impatient
Ā bā sī
Abbas (name)
Mahmoud Abbas (1935-), also called Abu Mazen, Palestinian leader, Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 2005
Bā kè lái
Barclay or Berkeley (name)
Bā ěr zhā kè
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist, author of series La comédie humaine
Bā dēng
Baden (region in Germany)
Bā sī kè
Basque
the Basque Country
Bā bié tǎ
Tower of Babel, in Genesis 11:5-foll.
jiǔ bā
Kowloon Motor Bus Company KMB
Bā táng
Batang county (Tibetan: 'ba' thang rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu
Bayin'guoleng Mongol autonomous prefecture of Xinjiang
bā jǐ
morinda root (Morinda officinalis), plant used in Chinese medicine
Jī lǐ bā sī
Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands)
Bā xiàn
Ba county in Chongqing 重慶市|重庆市, Sichuan
zhòu bā bā
wrinkled
crumpled
unironed
Wū lán bā tuō
Ulaanbaatar or Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia
Zhèn bā
Zhenba County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中[Han4 zhong1], Shaanxi
Bā ěr dì mó
Baltimore (place name, surname etc)
Bā dōng xiàn
Badong county in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei
Hā bā hé
Habahe county or Qaba nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[A1 le4 tai4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Bā sī dé
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and microbiologist
Bā xīn
abbr. for Papua New Guinea 巴布亞新幾內亞|巴布亚新几内亚[Ba1 bu4 ya4 Xin1 Ji3 nei4 ya4]
Bā xī lì yà
Brasilia, capital of Brazil
Bā lǐ kūn
Barkol Kazakh autonomous county or Barköl Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Hā mì dì qū], Xinjiang
Wò lún · Bā fēi tè
Warren Buffett (1930-), the Sage of Omaha, US investor and philanthropist, principal owner of holding company Berkshire Hathaway
lín bā xiàn
lymph node
lymphatic gland
Shā yī bā kè
Saybagh district (Uighur: Saybagh Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang
Hā bā hé xiàn
Habahe county or Qaba nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[A1 le4 tai4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
hú li wěi ba
lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions
to reveal one's evil nature
evidence that reveals the villain
Bā chǔ
Maralbeshi nahiyisi (Maralbexi county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
Bā shān yè yǔ
rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land
Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural revolution
Bā kù
Baku, capital of Azerbaijan
Gē dé bā hè cāi xiǎng
the Goldbach conjecture in number theory
Fèi ěr bā hā
Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872), materialist philosopher
Zōng kā bā
Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibetan religious leader, founder of the Gelugpa school 格魯派|格鲁派[Ge2 lu3 pai4]
Bā luó zuǒ
José Manuel Durão Barroso (1956-), Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal 2002-04, President of EU Commission from 2004
Shā yī bā kè qū
Saybagh district (Uighur: Saybagh Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang
Bā fǔ Luò fū
Pavlov (name)
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936), Russian experimental psychologist
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲
(often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])
Bā bù yà Niǔ Jī nèi yà
Papua New Guinea (esp. Taiwan usage)
Bā lín zuǒ
Bairin Left banner of Baarin Züün khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
Bā lín zuǒ qí
Bairin Left banner of Baarin Züün khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
jǐn bā bā
tight fitting
hard up (i.e. lacking money)
Bā lí gōng shè
Paris Commune 1871, an unsuccessful proletarian uprising against the French third republic
wù bā bǐ tuǒ nà
pentasorbital sodium (a sedative)
Bā yàn xiàn
Bayan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
Bā lín yòu
Bairin Right banner or Baarin Baruun khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
Bā lín yòu qí
Bairin Right banner or Baarin Baruun khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
Ōu bā mǎ
Taiwanese variant of 奧巴馬|奥巴马[Ao4 ba1 ma3], Barack Obama (1961-), US Democrat politician, president from 2009
Zhèn bā xiàn
Zhenba county in Hànzhōng 漢中|汉中[Hàn zhōng], Shǎnxī
Luò bā zú
Lhoba ethnic group of southeast Tibet
Mù bā lā kè
Hosni Mubarak (1928-), former Egyptian President and military commander
Bā niǔ
abbr. for Papua New Guinea 巴布亞紐幾內亞|巴布亚纽几内亚[Ba1 bu4 ya4 Niu3 Ji1 nei4 ya4] (esp. Taiwan usage)
Dōng bā wén huà
Dongba culture of the Nakhi ethnic group of Lijiang 麗江|丽江 in northwest Yunnan
Bā shì hǎi xiá
Bashi Channel between south Taiwan and Luzon Island, north the Philippines
Nán jiā Bā wǎ fēng
Namcha Barwa (Himalayan mountain)
Hā bā luó fū sī kè
Khabarovsk, far eastern Russian city and province on the border with Heilongjiang province of China
Bā yán kā lā
Bayankala mountain range in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, watershed of 黄河 Huang He river
Hā bā xuě shān
Mt Haba (Nakhi: golden flower), in Lijiang 麗江|丽江, northwest Yunnan
Ā bā gā qí
Abag banner or Avga khoshuu in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia
Bā shān Shǔ shuǐ
mountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom)
Bō ná bā
Bonaparte (name)
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
bā luó kè
baroque (period in Western art history) (loanword)
ā mǐ bā lì ji
amoebic dysentery
amebic dysentery
Chén bā ěr hǔ qí
Old Barag banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia
Dān bā xiàn
Danba county (Tibetan: rong brag rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Zhòng bā
Zhongba county, Tibetan: 'Brong pa rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Yà dì sī Yà bèi bā
Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia
Mén xīng gé lā dé bā hè
Mönchengladbach (city in Germany)
Lā bā sī
La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia
Bā mǎ xiàn
Bama Yaozu autonomous county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[He4 zhou1], Guangxi
Xīn bā ěr hǔ yòu qí
New Barag right banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia
bā bì
arrogant
flashy
impressive (Cantonese)
Bā lì wén
Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon
Xīn bā ěr hǔ zuǒ qí
New Barag left banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia
Bā lè sī tǎn Mín zú Quán lì Jī gòu
Palestinian National Authority
Gǎng bā
Gamba county, Tibetan: Gam pa rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Bā yàn hào tè
Bayan Hot, capital of Alxa league 阿拉善盟[Ā lā shàn méng], Inner Mongolia
Bā lǐ kūn xiàn
Barkol Kazakh autonomous county or Barköl Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Hā mì dì qū], Xinjiang
Bā chǔ xiàn
Maralbeshi nahiyisi (Maralbexi county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
Lā bā tè
Rabat, capital of Morocco
bā lā dí
Mohamed El Baradei (born 1942) Director of International Atomic Energy Agency and Nobel laureate
Bā jiě
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
abbr. for 巴勒斯坦解放組織|巴勒斯坦解放组织[Ba1 le4 si1 tan3 Jie3 fang4 Zu3 zhi1]
Bā xī ěr
Bashir (name)
Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir (1944-), Sudanese military man and politician, President of Sudan from 1989
Nà zhā ěr bā yē fū
Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940-), President of Kazakhstan
Bā mǎ Yáo zú zì zhì xiàn
Bama Yaozu autonomous county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[He4 zhou1], Guangxi
Mǎ ní tuō bā
Manitoba province, Canada
kē kē bā bā
stammering
stuttering
not speaking fluently
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
to be forced to suffer in silence
unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
sometimes written 啞子吃黃連,有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连,有苦说不出
hú lú bā
fenugreek leaves
methi leaves
jǐn bā
tight (i.e. lacking money)
hard up
same as 緊巴巴|紧巴巴
liú wěi ba
to leave loose ends
to leave matters unresolved
Ā bā lā qì yà
Appalachian Mountains in North America
Bā qīng
Baqên county, Tibetan: Sbra chen rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[Na4 qu3 di4 qu1], central Tibet
Bā dé ěr
Baldr or Baldur, god in Norse mythology
Andreas Baader (1943-1977), leader of Red Army Faction, a.k.a. the Baader-Meinhof group
Xiàng bā píng cuò
Qiangba Puncog (1947-), chairman of government of Tibet (i.e. governor)
Bā táng xiàn
Batang county (Tibetan: 'ba' thang rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Zhòng bā xiàn
Zhongba county, Tibetan: 'Brong pa rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Bā dēng · Fú téng bǎo zhōu
Baden-Württemberg, southwest German state, capital Stuttgart 斯圖加特|斯图加特[Sī tú jiā tè]
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连
(often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])
Ā shén hā bā dé
Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan
Bā lè sī tǎn jiě fàng zǔ zhī
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
háo bā
millibar (mbar or mb), unit of pressure (equal to hectopascal)
jiā qǐ wěi ba
to tuck one's tail between one's legs
fig. to back down
in a humiliating situation
Bā ěr kā shí hú
Lake Balkash in southeast Kazakhstan
Ná pò lún · Bō ná bā
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
Yà kā bā
Aqaba (port city in Jordan)
Bā zhōng dì qū
Bazhong prefecture in Panzhihua 攀枝花, south Sichuan
Bā lǐ kūn Hā sà kè zì zhì xiàn
Barkol Kazakh autonomous county or Barköl Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Hā mì dì qū], Xinjiang
bā sōng guǎn
bassoon (loanword)
also written 巴頌管|巴颂管[ba1 song4 guan3] or 低音管[di1 yin1 guan3]
Bā kòng Kè shí mǐ ěr
Pakistan administered Kashmir
Méng bā dùn
Mountbatten (name, Anglicization of German Battenberg)
Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British commander in Southeast Asia during WWII, presided over the partition of India in 1947, murdered by the IRA.
lǎo shǔ wěi ba
lit. rat's tail; fig. a follower of inferior stature
bā sī dì yà
Bastia (French town on Corsica island)
Tè gǔ xī jiā ěr bā
Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras
Kè lóu bā tè lā
Cleopatra (name)
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (69-30 BC), the last Egyptian pharaoh
Bā jiě zǔ zhī
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
abbr. for 巴勒斯坦解放組織|巴勒斯坦解放组织[Bā lè sī tǎn jiě fàng zǔ zhī]
Gē dǎ bā lǔ
Kota Bharu, city in Malaysia on border with Thailand, capital of Kelantan sultanate
ài hā mài dá bā dé
Ahmadabad, largest city in west Indian state Gujarat 古吉拉特[Gǔ jí lā tè]
Gǎng bā xiàn
Gamba county, Tibetan: Gam pa rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Bā yàn hào tè zhèn
Bayan Hot, capital of Alxa league 阿拉善盟[Ā lā shàn méng], Inner Mongolia
Kāng bā dì qū
former Tibetan province of Kham, now split between Tibet and Sichuan
bā ná fēn
paraffin
variant of 石蠟|石蜡[shi2 la4]
Bā qīng xiàn
Baqên county, Tibetan: Sbra chen rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[Na4 qu3 di4 qu1], central Tibet
Bā bù ěr
Zaheeruddin Babur (1483-1530), first ruler of Mughal dynasty of India
Kāng bā Zàng qū
former Kham province of Tibet, now split between Tibet and Sichuan
Ā lú bā
Aruba, variant of 阿魯巴|阿鲁巴[A1 lu3 ba1]
Bā lǐ kūn cǎo yuán
Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang
bā dòu
round-bottomed wicker basket
Luó bā qiè fū sī jī
Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1793-1856), one of the discoverers of non-Euclidean geometry
Bā tè nà
Batna, town in eastern Algeria
Hé bā tè
Hobart, capital of Tasmania, Australia
Qiáo bā shān
Choibalsan, city in Mongolia, capital of the eastern aimag (province) of Dornod
Khorloogiin Choibalsan (1895-1952), Communist leader of the Mongolian People's Republic (mid-1930s-1952)
Tíng bā kè tú
Timbuktoo (town and historical cultural center in Mali, a World Heritage site)
Bā sī tè ěr
Basseterre, capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Gān bā lǐ
Professor Ibrahim Gambari (1944-), Nigerian scholar and diplomat, ambassador to UN 1990-1999, UN envoy to Burma from 2007
Bā ěr kè nèn dé
Jan Pieter Balkenende (1956-), prime minister of the Netherlands from 2002
Bā zǎi zú
Pazeh, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Kù lǐ tí bā
Curitiba (city in Brazil)
Suǒ luó bā bó
Zerubbabel (son of Shealtiel)
Bā gé lán
Baghlan province of north Afghanistan
tuō wěi ba
to obstruct
to be a drag on sb
to delay finishing off a job
Bā ěr shě fū sī jī
(Charlene) Barshefsky, US trade negotiator
Bā lā jī liè fū
M.A. Balakirev, Russian composer
Bā gé lán shěng
Baghlan province of north Afghanistan
Sōng bā wā
Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java
Luò bā yǔ
Lhoba, language of Lhoba ethnic group of southeast Tibet
Bā lù
Baruch (name)
Baruch, disciple of Jeremiah
book of Baruch in the Apocrypha
bā lí lǜ
Paris green
copper(II) acetoarsenite Cu(C2H3Ó)2·3Cu(AsÓ)2
bā ér gǒu
pekingese (a breed of dog)
sycophant
lackey
Jiě fàng Bā lè sī tǎn Rén mín Zhèn xiàn
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Bā ní yà Lú kǎ
Banja Luka (city in Bosnia)
Bā bù lā zú
Papora or Papura, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Sōng bā wā dǎo
Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java
bā dòu shù
croton bush (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1], with seed having strong purgative properties
Nǎ mù bā ěr · Ēn hè bā yà ěr
Nambaryn Enkhbayar (1958-), Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party politician, President of Mongolia 2005-2009
Bā tǎn qún dǎo
Batan Islands in Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines
bā kè xià zhū
Berkshire pig
Berkshire swine
Bā yē lì bā
Paya Lebar, a place in Singapore (GM)
bā bā jiē jiē
to manage with difficulty
only just getting by
in a difficult position
Bā yī lán Dà xué
Bar-Ilan University, in Israel
Bā yàn hào tè shì
Bayan Hot, capital of Alxa league 阿拉善盟[Ā lā shàn méng], Inner Mongolia
also written 巴彥浩特鎮|巴彦浩特镇[Bā yàn hào tè zhèn]
Bā yīn guō lèng Měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu
Bayin'guoleng Mongol autonomous prefecture of Xinjiang
Mǔ bā bā nà
Mbabane, capital of Swaziland
Bā kū níng zhǔ yì
Bakuninism, a 19th century socialist theory
bā sān lǎn sì
to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
bā dòu shǔ
Croton, genus of evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1]
Dé lè bā kè
Drøbak (city in Akershus, Norway)
Bā lā bā sī
Barabbas (in the Biblical passion story)
bā tóu tàn nǎo
to poke one's head in and pry (idiom); to spy
nosy
bǎi bān bā jié
to flatter someone in a hundred different ways
assiduous fawning (idiom)
Sī lǐ Bā jiā wān gǎng
Bandar Seri Begawan, capital of Brunei
Bā bù yán qún dǎo
Babuyan Archipelago in Luzon Strait north of the Philippines
bā gāo wàng shàng
to wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion
Bā yīn mǎn dū hū
Bayan Mandahu, village in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia, noted for Cretaceous dinosaur fossils
bā shān yuè lǐng
to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom); to cross mountain after mountain
good at climbing mountains
bā dòu ké
bark of Croton tiglium used as purgative
bā qián suàn hòu
thinking and pondering (idiom); to turn sth over in one's mind
to consider repeatedly
bā sòng guǎn
bassoon (loanword)
also written 低音管[di1 yin1 guan3] or 巴松管[ba1 song1 guan3]
ā sī bā tè
aspartame C14H18N2O (artificial sweetener)
bèng bā diào kǎo
variant of 繃扒吊拷|绷扒吊拷[beng4 ba1 diao4 kao3]
bā bù néng gòu
avid
eager for
longing for
to look forward to
yā bā r
fork (of a tree, road, argument etc)
bifurcation
fork junction
Pà ní bā tè
Panipat, ancient city in India
Bā yīn guō lèng zhōu
abbr. for Bayin'guoleng Mongol autonomous prefecture of Xinjiang
abbr. for 巴音郭愣蒙古自治州[Bā yīn gūo lèng Měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu]
Sà bā dé luó
Zapatero (name)
José Luis Zapatero (1960-), Spanish PSOE politician, prime minister of Spain from 2004
bā ji bā ji
variant of 吧唧吧唧[ba1 ji5 ba1 ji5]
dāo zi zuǐ ba , dòu fu xīn
lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart
Bā kè kē sī
Bacchus, Roman God of wine
Bā yīn bù kè cǎo yuán
Bayanbulak grasslands in Uldus basin of Tianshan mountains
Bā bèi duō
Barbados, Caribbean island (Tw)
Bā lǐ kūn
Barkol Kazakh autonomous county or Barköl Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Ha1 mi4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Bā lǐ kūn Hā sà kè zì zhì xiàn
Barkol Kazakh autonomous county or Barköl Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Ha1 mi4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Bā lǐ kūn xiàn
Barkol Kazakh autonomous county or Barköl Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Ha1 mi4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Bā lǐ kūn cǎo yuán
Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang
Bā tiě
(coll.) Pakistani brethren
Pakistani comrades
abbr. for 巴基斯坦鐵哥們|巴基斯坦铁哥们[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3 tie3 ge1 men5]
Bā yīn guō léng zhōu
abbr. for Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang
abbr. for 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ Zì zhì zhōu
Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang
Bā lí Gōng shè
Paris Commune 1871, an unsuccessful proletarian uprising against the French Third Republic
bā lí lǜ
Paris green
copper(II) acetoarsenite Cu(C2H3O2)2·3Cu(AsO2)2
Bā lí Shèng mǔ yuàn
Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris, France)
Bā jiě Zǔ zhī
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
abbr. for 巴勒斯坦解放組織|巴勒斯坦解放组织[Ba1 le4 si1 tan3 Jie3 fang4 Zu3 zhi1]
Bā sà
Barca (nickname for FC Barcelona)
Baza (town in Grenada, Spain)
bā dǒu
round-bottomed wicker basket
Bā sī dì yà
Bastia (French town on Corsica island)
Bā ěr kā shí Hú
Lake Balkhash in southeast Kazakhstan
Bā dēng · Fú téng bǎo zhōu
Baden-Württemberg, southwest German state, capital Stuttgart 斯圖加特|斯图加特[Si1 tu2 jia1 te4]
Bā lā mǎ lì bō
Paramaribo, capital of Suriname (Tw)
Kù lǐ tí bā
Curitiba (city in Brazil)
lǎo shi bā jiāo
(coll.) docile
well-behaved
biddable
Ài hā mài dá bā dé
Ahmadabad, largest city in west Indian state Gujarat 古吉拉特[Gu3 ji2 la1 te4]
Méng bā dùn
Mountbatten (name, Anglicization of German Battenberg)
Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British commander in Southeast Asia during WWII, presided over the partition of India in 1947, murdered by the IRA.
Nǎ mù bā ěr · Ēn hè bā yà ěr
Nambaryn Enkhbayar (1958-), Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party politician, President of Mongolia 2005-2009
guō bā
guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan)
Zhèn bā Xiàn
Zhenba County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中[Han4 zhong1], Shaanxi
Ā dí sī Ā bèi bā
Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia (Tw)
Xiāng bā lā
Shambhala, mythical place (Buddhism, Hinduism)
yì wù bā bǐ tuǒ
amobarbital (drug) (loanword)
Gān bā lǐ
Professor Ibrahim Gambari (1944-), Nigerian scholar and diplomat, ambassador to UN 1990-1999, UN envoy to Burma from 2007
Dé gǔ xī jiā bā
Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras (Tw)
chě jī ba dàn
to talk shit
to drivel
bullshit
Ná pò lún · Bō ná bā
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
liǎn ba
(dialect) to gather (sth)
Xīng bā kè
Starbucks, US coffee shop chain
Sōng bā wā Dǎo
Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java
ōu bā
(female usage) older brother (loanword from Korean "oppa")
male friend
Ōu luó bā Zhōu
Europe
abbr. to 歐洲|欧洲[Ou1 zhou1]
Wò lún · Bā fēi tè
Warren Buffett (1930-), the Sage of Omaha, US investor and philanthropist, principal owner of holding company Berkshire Hathaway
yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng
lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb)
fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute
it takes two to tango
it's difficult to achieve anything without support
hǎ bā gǒu
pekingese (dog)
(fig.) sycophant
lackey
Kā ěr bā qiān Shān mài
Carpathian Mountains, 1500-km mountain range in Central and Eastern Europe
zuǐ ba
mouth
CL:張|张[zhang1]
slap in the face
CL:個|个[ge4]
Mò bā běn
Mbabane, capital of Swaziland (Tw)
shì bā ná
(dialect) spanner (loanword)
jiā wěi ba
to have one's tail between one's legs
Ào lín bā sī
Olympus, Japanese manufacturer of cameras and optical instruments
mā le ge bā zi
fuck!
motherfucker!
fucking
mā lā ge bā zi
fuck!
motherfucker!
fucking
Jí lǐ bā sī
Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands) (Tw)
chī yǎ ba kuī
to be forced to suffer in silence
unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
Yī sī lán mǎ bā dé
Islamabad, capital of Pakistan (Tw)
dāo zi zuǐ ba , dòu fu xīn
lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart
qián bù bā cūn , hòu bù bā diàn
see 前不著村,後不著店|前不着村,后不着店[qian2 bu4 zhao2 cun1 , hou4 bu4 zhao2 dian4]
Kǎ bā sī jī
Kaspersky (computer security product brand)
Bā shì Hǎi xiá
Bashi Channel between south Taiwan and Luzon Island, north the Philippines
Bā bù · Dí lún
Bob Dylan, American folk singer (1941-)
Bā bù yán Qún dǎo
Babuyan Archipelago in Luzon Strait north of the Philippines
Bā yàn Hào tè
Bayan Hot, capital of Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia
Bā yàn Hào tè Shì
Bayan Hot, capital of Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia
also written 巴彥浩特鎮|巴彦浩特镇[Ba1 yan4 Hao4 te4 Zhen4]
Bā yàn Hào tè Zhèn
Bayan Hot, capital of Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia
bā xīn bā gān
with all one's heart (dialect)
Bā tǎn Qún dǎo
Batan Islands in Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines
bā bu de
(coll.) to be eager for
to long for
to look forward to
Bā kè xià zhū
Berkshire pig
Berkshire swine
bā shā
bazaar (loanword)
Taiwan pr. [ba1 cha4]
bā lì mén
parliament (loanword) (old)
Bā lè sī tǎn Jiě fàng Zǔ zhī
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Bā lí Dǎo
Bali (island in Indonesia)
Bā tūn Lǔ rì
Baton Rouge, capital of Louisiana
Bā hā
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer (Tw)
Bā lā dí
Mohamed ElBaradei (1942-), Director of International Atomic Energy Agency 1997-2009 and Nobel Peace Prize laureate