可憐巴巴

pathetic / pitiful

can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very

used in 可汗[ke4 han2]

pitiful / pathetic / to have pity on

to pity

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

(suffix) very / extremely