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Chinese symbol for “minibus”

中巴
zhōng bā
minibus

The closest CC-CEDICT match for minibus is 中巴 (zhōng bā), defined as: minibus.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

中 zhōng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Ch
radical 2 ⼁ · 4 strokes
巴 bā
to desire, to wish for
radical 49 ⼰ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “minibus”

WordPinyinMeaning
小巴xiǎo bāminibus
中巴士zhōng bā shìminibus
小型巴士xiǎo xíng bā shìminibus; microbus

Related words

Other words that share a character with 中巴.

WordPinyinMeaning
其中qí zhōngamong; in
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
中央zhōng yāngcentral; middle
中学 (中學)zhōng xuémiddle school
之中zhī zhōnginside; among
集中jí zhōngto concentrate; to centralize
巴士bā shìbus (loanword); motor coach
鸡巴 (雞巴)jī badick; penis (vulgar)

See also: Japanese symbol for “minibus”.

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.