bà

Alternative forms

• bå (Bolognese)
• bò (Carpigiano)

Noun

bà m

1. cattle

Alternative forms

• ba — nonstandard

Pronunciation

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Romanization

bà (ba⁴, Zhuyin ㄅㄚˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坝
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 垻 / 坝
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壩 / 坝
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弝
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 抈
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 杷
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 欛
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 灞
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爸
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猈
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罷 / 罢
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 耘
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 覇 / 霸
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靳
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魿
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鮂 / 𱇠
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鱻 / 鲜
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鲄
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鲋

Noun

bà f

1. genitive singular of bò
2. plural of bò

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 婆 (“grandmother”). In Chinese and Japanese, the same character actually corresponds to 爺 / 爷 (yé, “grandfather”), as opposed to 翁 (“old man”) which yields Vietnamese ông.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩]

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Noun

bà

1. a grandmother
2. an old woman; an old lady
3. (honorific) a lady, old or young

   Hai Bà Trưng

   the Two Ladies Trưng

Pronoun

bà

1. you, my grandmother
2. (informal, familiar) you, an old woman
3. (formal) you, a woman about 40 or older
4. I/me, your grandmother
5. (informal, familiar) I/me, an old woman
6. (informal) you, a gal

   Bà chỉ tôi chỗ này với.

   Girl, can you help me with this one?

7. (narratology) she/her, an admirable/lovable old/deceased woman

See also

• ông