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CHINESE CHARACTER
bā
芭
芭
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banana; plantain
- Numbered pinyin
- ba1
- English meanings
- banana; plantain; used in 芭蕉
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horn sound
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cling to; hope for; bar
to peel
indicating pre-verbal object as thing dealt with by the action
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dad; father
stop; cease; dismiss
stop; cease; dismiss
tyrant; dominate
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- 芭蕉
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