Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan)

the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality

surname Ba

(bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦[Ba1 le4 si1 tan3] (Palestine), 巴基斯坦[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3] (Pakistan) or 巴西[Ba1 xi1] (Brazil)

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