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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 把

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
把 bǎ - to hold; to grasp
- to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
- handlebar
- classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
- classifier for things with handles
- (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})
把 bà - handle

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 3 40 62 66

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 扌 巴

Radical:

扌

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

巴

Semantic:

扌

Hint:

Hand

Other Words Containing 把

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
把 3 3 40 62 66
把握 5 3 3,774 2,362 2,828
把戏 6 - 4,783 25,408 26,214
把柄 - 8 7,791 32,975 31,999
把门 - - 8,824 20,277 19,011
把手 6 7 9,116 7,469 4,749
火把 - - 9,772 23,084 30,394
拖把 - - 14,404 35,299 18,833
把头 - - 17,767 15,325 11,504
把守 - - 18,387 23,580 53,953
扫把 - - 18,723 40,273 24,260
个把 - - 20,912 29,071 19,044
把持 - - 22,510 21,849 19,084
把酒 - - 24,648 29,458 17,004
二把手 - - 25,075 56,485 56,162
鬼把戏 - - 26,723 96,731 87,880
一把手 - 9 27,248 13,039 23,451
车把 - - 32,099 37,480 32,448
把关 6 9 35,590 13,795 29,568
把子 - - 40,607 - -
把舵 - - 40,783 - -
一把抓 - - 42,480 43,345 48,845
把式 - - 42,900 58,891 52,847
捞一把 - - 50,852 56,084 56,134
新官上任三把火 - - 51,212 85,937 62,333
捏一把汗 - - 57,500 72,429 62,046
二把刀 - - 62,017 - 71,844
把儿 - - 62,038 - -
把脉 - - 62,861 42,077 44,473