霸

bà

noun #10,385

Meanings

1 hegemon
2 tyrant
3 overlord
4 to dominate
5 to rule by force

Characters

hegemon; tyrant; to dominate

Examples

他是这一带的地头霸。

Tā shì zhè yídài de dìtóubà.

He's the local bully around here.

学霸又考了第一名。

Xuébà yòu kǎo le dì-yī míng.

The study whiz got first place again.

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usage

霸 is widely used as a suffix in modern slang: 学霸 (study genius), 麦霸 (mic hog at karaoke), 路霸 (road bully). It implies dominating something.

Stroke Order

霸 bà