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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 眼巴巴

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
眼巴巴 yǎn bā bā - waiting anxiously
- impatient

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
- - 40,318 34,332 25,293

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
眼 yǎn- eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])
- (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance
- small hole
- (bound form) salient point
- classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
巴 bā- 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
- abbr. for 巴勒斯坦[Ba1le4si1tan3] (Palestine), 巴基斯坦[Ba1ji1si1tan3] (Pakistan) or 巴西[Ba1xi] (Brazil)
巴 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
巴 bā- 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
- abbr. for 巴勒斯坦[Ba1le4si1tan3] (Palestine), 巴基斯坦[Ba1ji1si1tan3] (Pakistan) or 巴西[Ba1xi] (Brazil)
巴 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

Other Words Containing 眼巴巴

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
眼巴巴 - - 40,318 34,332 25,293