琶

see 琵琶, pipa lute

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

king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great

to rule / to reign over

pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard

Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4]

(old) scapula

anglerfish

Pazhou district in Guangzhou, Guangdong / Pazhou Island in Guangzhou, formerly called Whampoa, historical anchoring point for foreign trade ships

(music) arpeggio

mandolin