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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 拜把子

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
拜把子 bài bǎ zi - to become sworn brothers

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
- - - - 75,193

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
bài- to bow to; to pay one's respects
- (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion)
- to make a courtesy call
- (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony
- to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc)
- (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
- 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})
- handle
- son
- child
- seed
- egg
- small thing
- 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
- viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
- ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
- subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
zi- (noun suffix)

Other Words Containing 拜把子

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo