把 bǎ
preposition | measure word
: to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of; handle
: particle marking the following noun as a direct object
: measure word for objects with handle (knives, spoons, teapots) or that you grasp (chairs, handfuls of rice, bunches of flowers)
把 bà
noun
: handle
把 | わ wa OR ば ba OR ぱ pa
counter
: counter for bundles
把 | たば taba
noun | noun suffix | counter
: bundle; bunch; sheaf
把む | つかむ tsukamu
godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one’s hands on; to clutch
: to understand; to grasp; to comprehend
把 | でる deru
ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to go out; to exit; to leave;
: to appear; to come forth; to be published;
: to answer (the phone or door)
は ha
把手 ba3shou3: handle; grip; knob [とって totte OR はしゅ hashu]
把門 [门] ba3men2: to guard a door or gate
把握 ba3wo4: to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome)
[はあく haaku: grasp; catch; understanding]
把戲[戏] ba3xi4: acrobatics; jugglery; cheap trick; game
把持 ba3chi2: to control; to dominate; to monopolize
[はじ haji: grasp; hold; grip]
把柄 ba3bing3: handle
把關[关] ba3guan1: to guard a pass; to check on something
並[并]把 bing4ba3: to include
個[个]把 ge4ba3: one or two; a couple of
倒把 dao3ba3: to play the market; to speculate (on financial markets); to profiteer
剎[刹]把 sha1ba3: brake lever; crank handle for stopping or turning off machinery
把兒[儿] ba4r: a handle
把子 ba4zi: handle
手把 shou3ba4: handle
Japanese common word / expression
状況把握 | じょうきょうはあく joukyou haaku
: one’s grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand
十把ひとからげ | じゅっぱひとからげ juppa hito karage
: lumping together all sorts of things; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with various things under one head
Chinese expression / idiom
把持不定 ba3 chi2 bu4 ding4: indecisive
投機倒把 [投机倒把] tou2ji1 dao3ba3
: speculation and profiteering; buying and selling on speculation
一把鑰匙開一把鎖 [一把钥匙开一把锁]
yi1 ba3 yao4 shi5 kai1 yi1 ba3 suo3
: One key opens one lock.; There is a different solution for each problem
新官上任三把火 xin1 guan1 shang4 ren4 san1 ba3 huo3
: the new boss cracks the whip three times; a new broom sweeps clean; fig. vigorous new policies
形声 Pictophonetic.
扌 (shou3: hand radical 64) suggests the meaning while
巴 (ba: greatly desire) provides the sound.
Examples:
她握著一把傘。
ta1 wo4 zhe yi1 ba3 san3.
She was holding an umbrella
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
