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).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “puff”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喷 (噴) | pēn | to spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff; (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online) |
| 吹 | chuī | to blow; to play a wind instrument |
| 膨化 | péng huà | to pop (corn into popcorn); to puff (grains, legumes etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吧.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 酒吧 | jiǔ bā | bar (place to buy drinks); measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 网吧 (網吧) | wǎng bā | Internet café |
| 吧台 | bā tái | counter 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.