JLC Chinese Character Lesson 1 – ba, pa (巴把吧爸芭靶笆疤爬)
Posted by Grace Feng on October 4, 2012
This is a Learn Mandarin Online Chinese Character Lesson series copyrighted by Just Learn Chinese. If this is your first time reading this, please read JLC Chinese Character Lesson Guide first.
1. Main Chinese pronunciation for these characters:
ba
pa
2. Chinese characters that we’ll learn and memorize today
They all have an identical “sound component” of “巴”, let’s get into details. Characters marked with a “*” are less frequent ones:
| Simplified Chinese | Traditional Chinese | Mandarin Pinyin | English Definition | Example Word | Meaning Radical |
| 巴 | 巴 | ba1 | abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing; abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian; abbr. for Pakistan; | 巴蜀 ba1 shu3 (east Sichuan or Chongqing) | |
| 把 | 把 | ba3 | to hold; handle; particle marking the following noun as a direct object; classifier for objects with handle; classifier for small objects: | 把手 ba3 shou3 (handle) | hand |
| 吧 | 吧 | ba1 | bar (serving drinks, or providing internet access etc); onomat. bang; | 网吧 wang3 ba1 (Internet Cafe) | mouth |
| 爸 | 爸 | ba4 | father; dad; | 爸爸 ba4 ba4 (Dad) | father |
| 芭* | 芭* | ba1 | a herb; banana; | 芭蕉 ba1 jiao1 (banana, plantain) | grass |
| 靶 | 靶 | ba3 | target; mark; | 靶子 ba3 zi5 (target) | leather |
| 笆* | 笆* | ba1 | an article made of bamboo strips; fence; | 篱笆 li2 ba1 (fence) | bamboo |
| 疤 | 疤 | ba1 | scar; | 疤痕 ba1 hen2 (scar) | illness |
| 爬 | 爬 | pa2 | to crawl; to climb; | 爬山 pa2 shan1 (mountain climbing) | claw |
3. Chinese Character Quiz
JLC Chinese Character Quiz (中文字练习) - ba, pa
Question 1 |
爬, 爬
to crawl; to climb; | |
to take hold of; handle; | |
target | |
bar |
Question 2 |
巴, 巴
a herb; banana; | |
an article made of bamboo strips; fence; | |
father; dad; pa; papa; | |
abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing |
Question 3 |
笆, 笆
an article made of bamboo strips; fence; | |
a herb; banana; | |
father | |
abbr. for Pakistan; |
Question 4 |
靶, 靶
to climb | |
to take hold of; handle; | |
target | |
scar; |
Question 5 |
爸, 爸
scar | |
an article made of bamboo strips | |
bar | |
Dad |
Question 6 |
吧, 吧
abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing | |
handle | |
father | |
bar |
Question 7 |
The pinyin of "爬, 爬" is:
pa2 | |
pa4 | |
ba2 | |
ba3 |
Question 8 |
把, 把
target | |
to climb | |
bar | |
to take hold of; handle; |
Question 9 |
芭, 芭
father | |
a herb; banana; | |
abbr. for Pakistan | |
an article made of bamboo strips; fence; |
Question 10 |
疤, 疤
an article made of bamboo strips; fence | |
a herb; banana; | |
scar | |
abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing |
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8 Responses to “JLC Chinese Character Lesson 1 – ba, pa (巴把吧爸芭靶笆疤爬)”
Kaviche:
10-04-2012 8:11 am
hello !!!
i have to say that your blog is the most helpful stuff ever that i could find on the web, i mean CCTV’s chinese learning programs are not bad but yours’ are stupendous.
i wanna let you know that you have me as fan, someone who lives far far away in Mauritius ( small island off the eastern african coast) my native language is creole but i also know english french and spanish, i work as a tour guide and wanna become a polyglot
Grace:
10-04-2012 12:42 pm
Wow, Kaviche, that’s impressive! Me, myself is not a polyglot, but I admire all that have the resolution to become a polyglot. Our world needs them!
Mauritius is actually a quite familiar name to me cuz I had a close colleague grew up there, such a beautiful place. Wish some day I could go there… :-)
Thanks for your encouragement on my work for this blog! I actually don’t see it as “work” since I really enjoy doing it. Never be afraid to tell me if you find out something is missing or anywhere needs improvement. I’ll only be happy to help out. :-)
Again, welcome onboard! 让我们一起努力!
Grace
白睿:
10-04-2012 2:17 pm
This is a great resource Grace. I really like the fact you included the ‘meaning radical’ column in your ‘box’ above. This really gives a strong hint as to each of the characters’ meanings.
Grace:
10-04-2012 2:33 pm
So glad to hear that, 白睿. I hope building meaningful connections can help long-term memories.
Viewing from a native perspective, the characters with both a frequent meaning radical and a frequent sound radical are the ones that stay in our memory bucket the longest.
The ones with much less frequent components are the easiest to be forgotten. Luckily we have computer today, so pinyin input can really help us… :-)
John D'Alton:
10-20-2012 9:54 am
Thanks for these excellent lessons. The grouping words by sounds and also having the added radical makes it so much easier to learn a group of words.
Grace:
10-20-2012 1:11 pm
Good to know it is helpful for you, John.
Feel free to ask questions whenever you have. Welcome onboard!
Cheers,
Grace