霸 (baa3 | ba4) : lord it over; tyrant

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霸

baa3

ba4

[1] lord it over; dominate; tyrannize
[2] tyrant; despot; bully; overlord

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 21

Level: 3

Radical: (#173)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

霸

This word has been viewed 9305 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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街頭霸王 gaai1 tau4 baa3 wong4 = The Street Fighter video game

街霸 gaai1 baa3 = The Street Fighter video game

霸王花 baa3 wong4 faa1 ba4 wang2 hua1 = tough woman; tough policewoman

霸佔 baa3 zim3 ba4 zhan4 = to seize

霸權 baa3 kyun4 ba4 quan2 = hegemony

霸道 baa3 dou6 ba4 dao4 = overbearing

霸級市場 baa3 kap1 si5 coeng4 ba4 ji2 shi4 chang3 = hypermarket

霸王 baa3 wong4 ba4 wang2 = feudal overlord, despot; to use a service without paying; BaWang

路霸 lou6 baa3 = hog the road

坐霸王車 co5 baa3 wong4 ce1 zuo4 ba4 wang2 che1 = ride a taxi without paying or bus without a ticket
See all 36 compounds (CantoDict reports 37 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 霸
Unicode code for this character: U+9738 (off-site link)

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