Chinese symbol for “ballet”
芭蕾
bā lěi
ballet (loanword)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ballet is 芭蕾 (bā lěi), defined as: ballet (loanword).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “ballet”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 芭蕾.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芭蕾舞 | bā lěi wǔ | ballet (loanword) |
| 芭蕉 | bā jiāo | Japanese banana (Musa basjoo) |
| 芭乐 (芭樂) | bā lè | guava (loanword from Taiwanese) |
| 芭蕉扇 | bā jiāo shàn | palm-leaf fan |
| 芭菲 | bā fēi | parfait (loanword) |
| 蕾丝 (蕾絲) | lěi sī | (textiles) (loanword) lace |
| 味蕾 | wèi lěi | taste bud(s) |
| 花蕾 | huā lěi | bud; flower bud |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ballet”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.