霸 bà

1. bà verb to rule by force; to usurp; to master
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '霸'; Guoyu '霸' v 2; Kroll 2015 '霸' 1, p. 7; Unihan '霸'; XHZD '霸' 2, p. 14)
2. bà noun hegemon; overlord
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '霸'; Durrant, Li, and Schaberg 2016, p. xxvii; Guoyu '霸' n 2; Kroll 2015 '霸' 1, p. 7; XHZD '霸' 1, p. 14)
3. bà verb to prevail; to surpass
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '霸' 1a, p. 7)
4. pò noun a sliver of moon; moonlight
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '霸' 2, p. 7)
5. bà proper noun Hegemon
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: One of the 春秋五霸 Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (Durrant, Li, and Schaberg 2016, p. xxvii; Guoyu '霸' n 1)
6. bà proper noun Ba [river]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Former name of a river located in Shaanxi (Guoyu '霸' n 3)
7. bà verb to control; to master
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '霸'; Guoyu '霸' v 1)

Contained in

• 霸气(霸氣) aggressiveness; hegemony; domineering
• 霸道 overbearing ; to ways of a despot; despotic ; unreasonable
• 霸王悲歌 Tragic Song of Bawang
• 霸王龙(霸王龍) Tyrannosaurus rex
• 波霸奶茶 bubble milk tea; Boba milk tea; tapioca milk tea
• 霸凌 bullying
• 吃霸王餐 to leave without paying
• 霸王树(霸王樹) cactus
• 霸王 a hegemon ; a despot; a warlord ; a hegemon and kings
• 波霸 tapioca balls
• 巨无霸(巨無霸) giant; leviathan ; Big Mac (McDonald's hamburger)
• 霸佔 to occupy by force; to seize; to dominate
• 考霸 exam master, somebody who takes many exams and aces all of them
• 霸机(霸機) (of passengers) to stage a sit-in after the plane has landed (as a protest against bad service etc)
• 霸座 to willfully occupy somebody else's seat
• 霸占 to occupy by force
• 霸权主义(霸權主義) hegemonism
• 霸妻 to use one's power and influence to take another man's wife for oneself
• 行霸道 to rule as a hegemon
• 争霸(爭霸) to struggle for power; to contend for supremacy
• 霸王之道 overbearing; tyrannical; despotic
• 霸业(霸業) the business of hegemony; toiling to become master of the universe
• 称霸(稱霸) to proclaim oneself hegemon; to take a leading role
• 鸭霸(鴨霸) unreasonable; overbearing; with no regard for others
• 霸王鞭 a rattle stick used in folk dancing; rattle stick dance
• 独霸一方(獨霸一方) to exercise sole hegemony; to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc)
• 麦霸(麥霸) mic hog; person who monopolizes the mike at karaoke party (hegemon 霸 of the microphone 麥克風|麦克风)
• 霸权(霸權) hegemony; supremacy ; an alliance of states
• 霸王硬上弓 to force oneself upon somebody ; to rape
• 霸主 an overlord; a hegemon ; Bazhu
• 巨无霸汉堡包指数(巨無霸漢堡包指數) Big Mac Index, a measure of the purchasing power parity (PPP) between currencies
• 恶霸(惡霸) an evil tyrant
• 星海争霸(星海爭霸) StarCraft (video game series)
• 五霸 the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period
• 星际争霸(星際爭霸) StarCraft (video game series)
• 欺男霸女 to oppress the people; to act tyrannically
• 横行霸道(橫行霸道) to oppress; to rule as a despot; to tyrannize
• 独霸(獨霸) sole hegemony; to monopolize; domination (of the market); personal empire
• 街头霸王(街頭霸王) Street Fighter (video game series)
• 路霸 brigand; (modern) uncivil driver; road hog; (PRC) person who sets up an illegal toll

Also contained in

文化霸权 、 春秋五霸 、 金霸王 、 霸陵 、 霸州 、 霸县 、 霸州市 、 霸城门 、 霸陵县 、 霸王别姬 、 爱词霸

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• 卷十八 魏書十八 二李臧文呂許典二龐閻傳 Volume 18: Book of Wei 18 - Biographies of the two Lis, Zang, Wen, Lü, Xu, Dian, the two Pangs, and Yan Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 54
• 卷八十九 循吏傳 Volume 89: Upright Officials Book of Han 漢書 — count: 41
• 卷二十 銚期王霸祭遵列傳 Volume 20: Biographies of Tiao Qi; Wang Ba; Zhai Zun Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 41
• 第一百七回 Chapter 107 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 23
• 卷二十六 伏侯宋蔡馮趙牟韋列傳 Volume 26: Biographies of Fu, Hou, Song, Cai, Feng, Zhao, Mou, Wei Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 21
• 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 19
• 卷六十一 唐書37: 列傳13 安金全 安元信 安重霸 劉訓 張敬詢 劉彥琮 袁建豐 西方鄴 張遵誨 孫璋 Volume 61 Book of Later Tang 37: Biographies 13 - An Jingquan, An Yuanxin, An Zhongba, Liu Xun, Zhang Jingxun, Liu Yancong, Yuan Jianfeng, Xi Fangye, Zhang Zunhui, Sun Zhang Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 19
• 卷九 魏書十 荀彧荀攸賈詡傳 Volume 9: Book of Wei 9 - Biographies of the Xiahous and Caos Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 19
• 卷五十九 吳書十四　　吳主五子傳 Volume 59: Book of Wu 14 - Biographies of the five sons of the Lord of Wu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 18
• 第六十二回 Chapter 62 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 18

Collocations

• 霸上 (霸上) 遂至霸上 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang — count: 39
• 霸诸侯 (霸諸侯) 霸諸侯 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 14. 《憲問》 Xian Wen — count: 12
• 始霸 (始霸) 齊始霸也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 11
• 霸天下 (霸天下) 大霸天下 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君小匡第二十 Chapter 20: Kuang Jun Xiao Kuang — count: 9
• 遂霸 (遂霸) 遂霸西戎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 9
• 可以霸 (可以霸) 秦可以霸 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 9
• 成霸 (成霸) 成霸安彊 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 8
• 霸心 (霸心) 昔晉公子重耳霸心生於曹 — Xunzi 荀子, 宥坐篇第二十八 Chapter 28: The Right Hand Vessel — count: 7
• 还军霸 (還軍霸) 還軍霸上 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang — count: 6
• 害霸 (害霸) 何如而害霸 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷八 尊賢 Chapter 8: Respecting Talent — count: 6