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跋
Mandarin · pinyin bá
Meanings
- postscript
- to trek across mountains
Characters in this entry
- 跋
- bá · go by foot; epilogue, colophon
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Mandarin tones
2 · ba2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bat6 · but6
Cantonese word readings for 跋. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, Min) to tumble; to fall down
- (Min) to toss; to throw (dice, moon blocks, etc.)
- (Southern Min) to gamble
- (Hokkien) to use (a scheme, trick, etc.)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to trample; to step; to step on
- to trek; to walk; to go by foot; to travel on land
- (Hakka) to get up
- (Hakka) to climb
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to go down; to drop (price, etc.)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Wu) to turn around
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) base of a candle
- postscript; epilogue; colophon
- a surname
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