HSK 6 · Body

疤 bā “scar” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 疤 means

  1. scar
  2. scab

How to say 疤

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale疤bā1st tone, high and level

疤 in a sentence

  1. 我会留疤吗？

    Wǒ huì liú bā ma?

    Will it leave a scar?

    Sentence #5094118 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他额头上的疤痕很醒目。

    Tā étóu shàng de bāhén hěn xǐngmù.

    The scar on his forehead is very noticeable.

    Sentence #4506255 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我还留着那起事故的伤疤。

    Wǒ hái liú zhe nà qǐ shìgù de shāngbā.

    I still have the scar from that accident.

    Sentence #5624938 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 疤 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 疤 (bā) with each of its parts in a different colour
疤bāscar
  • 疒sickness · nèMeaning part
  • 巴to desire · bāSound part

疒 hints at the meaning (sickness); 巴 (bā) hints at the sound. Compare it with bā.

How to write 疤

疤 9 strokes

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疤 (bā) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 疤 (bā). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 疤

More words: People, Body & Health

祖父zǔfù · grandfather (father’s father)祖先zǔxiān · ancestor癌症áizhèng · cancer按摩ànmó · massage保养bǎoyǎng · to take care of (one’s health)保重bǎozhòng · to take care of oneself臂bì · arm鼻涕bítì · nasal mucus

FAQs

疤 (bā) means “scar” or “scab”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bā: bā with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 疤 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ba with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 疤 from the suggestions. Typing ba into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
疤 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.