把

to hold / to contain / to grasp / to take hold of / handle / particle marking the following noun as a direct object / classifier for objects with handle / classifier for small objects: handful

handle

to hold; to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})

Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan) / abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing / surname Ba / abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian / abbr. for Pakistan

to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

one or two / a couple of

working hand; member of a work team; participant / the boss (short form of 第一把手[di4 yi1 ba3 shou3])

to attempt all tasks at once / to manage every detail regardless of its importance

inexpert / a botcher

One key opens one lock. / There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)

to be a dime a dozen; easy to come by

ability / skill

to be strict / to enforce vigorously (procedures, quality control etc)

expert / dab hand

to have endured all sorts of hardships (to raise one's children) (idiom)

stubborn / inflexible

with one's face covered in tears (idiom)