bà
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ba"
Mandarin
Alternative forms
- ba — nonstandard
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Romanization
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坝
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 垻/坝
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壩/坝
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弝
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 抈
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 杷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 欛
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 灞
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爸
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猈
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罷/罢
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 耘
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 覇/霸
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靳
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鮂/𱇠
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鱻/鲜
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鲄
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鲋
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 婆 (“grandmother”). In Chinese and Japanese, the same character actually corresponds to 爺/爷 (yé, “grandfather”), as opposed to 翁 (“old man”) which yields Vietnamese ông.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Noun
bà
- a grandmother
- an old woman; an old lady
- (honorific) a lady, old or young
- Hai Bà Trưng
- the Two Ladies Trưng
Pronoun
bà
- you, my grandmother
- (informal, familiar) you, an old woman
- (formal) you, a woman about 40 or older
- I/me, your grandmother
- (informal, familiar) I/me, an old woman
- (informal) you, a gal
- Bà chỉ tôi chỗ này với.
- Girl, can you help me with this one?
- (narratology) she/her, an admirable/lovable old/deceased woman
See also
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