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Chinese symbol for “puff”

吧
bā
bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 贴吧 (tiē bā)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for puff is 吧 (bā), defined as: bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 贴吧 (tiē bā).

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

吧 bā
emphatic final particle
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “puff”

WordPinyinMeaning
喷 (噴)pēnto spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff; (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online)
吹chuīto blow; to play a wind instrument
膨化péng huàto pop (corn into popcorn); to puff (grains, legumes etc)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 吧.

WordPinyinMeaning
酒吧jiǔ bābar (place to buy drinks); measure word: 家 (jiā)
网吧 (網吧)wǎng bāInternet café
吧台bā táicounter of a bar (pub)
吧唧bā jī(onom.) squishing sound; (ACG) character badge (loanword from Japanese)
吧嗒bā da(onom.) patter, splatter, click; to smack one's lips

See also: Japanese symbol for “puff”.

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.

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