| 巴 | 775C40 52.70 | 部居  | 畫數 4 | ㄅㄚ [ba1] (*ㄆㄚˊ [pa2] , *ㄅㄚˇ [ba3] ). | ||
| N. | (1) Crust, crust-like formation: 鍋巴 [guo1ba0], rice crust sticking to pot; 膠泥巴兒 [jiao1ni2ba1er0], cake of mud on foot; cf. 瘡巴 61A.40, scar on wound. (2) Part of compounds denoting tip, end, tail: 下巴 chin; 嘴巴 mouth; 尾巴 tail (of anything); 巴子 [ba1zi0]↓. (3) Ancient name of East Szechuan; 巴縣＝重慶 in Szechuan; 巴山夜雨 phr., (allu.) hope of reunion among friends. (4) A surname. (5) U.f. 芭，芭蕉 20A.70 笆，笆^籬 92A.70. | |||||
| V.i. & t. | (1) To form crust: 巴了鍋兒 crust sticks to pot. (2) Be close to: 前不巴村，後不  店 phr., a desolate place, not close to anything.(3) To wish, hope, wait anxiously for, strain one's eyes in waiting: 巴想他能來 live in hope he will come; 巴望 [ba1wang4]↓; 巴得＝巴不得 [ba1de2], [ba1bu0de0]↓, also 巴不能夠兒 to wish anxiously; 巴不到天亮 wait patiently for the dawn; 巴得箇（到長安） (MC) waiting anxiously to (arrive at Charngan); 巴瞪眼兒 wink or stare in blank disappointment; hence 巴頭探腦 to peep furtively from behind; see 巴巴 [ba1ba1]↓. (4) To climb, physically and socially: 巴高望上 have ambition to rise in society; 巴高枝兒 (fig.) marry above one's station; cf. cogn. 攀 10.00; also *[pa2]＝爬 in 巴山度嶺. (5) (*[ba3]) U. f. 把 in 把攬，把^鼻 10A.70. | |||||
| Words | 1. 巴巴 [ba1ba1], adv., (1) reiterative adv. in 焦巴巴 scorched hard; 乾巴巴 very dry; (2) in vain: 巴巴的等 wait in vain; 巴巴的從家裏送來 take all the trouble to send for it from home (quite without need); 眼巴巴望 關山遠 longing in vain for the distant home country; 巴巴 兒 [ba1ba1zeng4er0], badly wrought, knotty net; 巴巴兒似的 said of people's twisted face or of unnecessary fuss: 巴巴兒去湊熱鬧; a wobbly pot; (also wr. 八不甑兒).2. 巴壁虎 [ba1bi1hu3], n., var. for 扒山虎 10A.80. 3. 巴不得 [ba1bu0de0], v.i., wish anxiously, perhaps in vain; only too anxious to. 4. 巴答一聲 [ba1da1yi4sheng1], phr., make a slap or flopping noise. 5. 巴旦杏 [ba1dan4xing4], n., (bot.) a Thibetan plum (also 八擔杏，叭噠杏). 6. 巴到 [ba1dao4], phr., see [ba1de2]↓. 7. 巴得 [ba1de2], phr., (MC) wish anxiously, =巴不得 [ba1bu0de0]↑. 8. 巴豆 [ba1dou4], n., croton oil bean. 9. 巴棍子 [ba1gun4zi0], (also 巴噠棍 [ba1da2gun4]), n., cudgel, truncheon. 10. 巴掌 [ba1zhang3], n., palm of hand; 打一個巴掌 give a slap with the palm. 11. 巴結 [ba1jie0], v.t., to flatter and win approval (of people, esp. the rich and important: 巴結某人); 巴結一筆錢到手 to manage to come by certain sum of money. 12. 巴戟天 [ba1ji3tian1], n., (bot.) a medicinal herb. 13. 巴兒狗 [ba1er0gou3], n., Pekinese dog. 14. 巴謾 [ba1man4], n., (MC), an ancient head-or-tail game; v.i., (MC) to contrive a living dishonestly. 15. 巴山虎 [ba1shan1hu3], n., (also *[pa2shan1hu3])var. for 扒山虎 10A.80. 16. 巴蛇 [ba1she2], n., python, reputed to swallow elephants in mythological work 山海經; hence 巴蛇吞象 inordinately greedy. 17. 巴縣 [ba1xian4], n., (geog.) Chung-king. 18. 巴蜀 [ba1shu2], n., (geog.) two ancient states covering modern Szechuan. 19. 巴士 [ba1shi4], n., (translit.) bus. 20. 巴圖魯 [ba1tu2lu3], n., Baturu, Manchu term for bravery, an honor for military service. 21. 巴子 [ba1zi0], n., woman's genitals; (joc.) of a person's greedy mouth; male genitals in southern children's talk; see also 雞巴 90S.50. 22. 巴望 [ba1wang4], v.i., hope: 巴望你能來 I hope you can come. | |||||