酒 吧 jiǔ bā bar / pub / saloon / CL:家[jia1] 小 节 xiǎo jié a minor matter / trivia / bar (music) 条 形 tiáo xíng a bar / a strip 酒 廊 jiǔ láng bar 棒 材 bàng cái bar / rod 单 杠 dān gàng bar / bold line / horizontal bar (gymnastics event) 吧 bā bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) / to puff (on a pipe etc) / (onom.) bang / abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1] 巴 bā 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 杠 gàng coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion 栊 lóng bar / cage / gratings 横 杠 héng gàng bar / horizontal bar 酒 肆 jiǔ sì wine shop / liquor store / bottle shop / bar / pub 出 台 chū tái to officially launch (a policy, program etc) / to appear on stage / to appear publicly / (of a bar girl) to leave with a client 龙 头 lóng tóu faucet / water tap / bicycle handle bar / chief (esp. of gang) / boss / decision maker / (market) leader (of companies) / front end of mud-flow / figurehead on prow of dragon boat 龍船|龙船 拦 住 lán zhù to stop / to bar the way 钢 筋 gāng jīn steel reinforcing bar 杠 杆 gàng gǎn lever / pry bar / crowbar / financial leverage 吧 台 bā tái counter of a bar (pub) 金 条 jīn tiáo gold bar 空 格 键 kòng gé jiàn space bar (keyboard) 雪 糕 xuě gāo ice cream bar / ice cream popsicle 泡 吧 pào bā to spend time in a bar (alcohol, Internet etc) / to go clubbing 标 题 栏 biāo tí lán title bar (of a window) (computing) 菜 单 栏 cài dān lán menu bar (computing) 小 吃 店 xiǎo chī diàn snack bar / lunch room / CL:家[jia1] 拉 杆 lā gān tension bar 坐 台 zuò tái to work as a hostess in a bar or KTV 律 师 协 会 lu:4 shī xié huì bar association 母 线 mǔ xiàn generating line / generatrix (in geometry) / bus (in electronics) / bus bar 阻 截 zǔ jié to stop / to obstruct / to bar the way 槽 钢 cáo gāng steel groove / V-shaped steel bar 门 闩 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt 三 陪 小 姐 sān péi xiǎo jie female escort / bar girl 柱 状 图 zhù zhuàng tú bar chart 杠 子 gàng zi thick bar / solid carrying pole 钢 条 gāng tiáo steel bar 银 条 yín tiáo silver bar 摸 吧 mō bā touch bar (hostess bar that allows physical contact) 条 形 图 tiáo xíng tú bar chart 楗 jiàn material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike / (literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt) 磨 杵 成 针 mó chǔ chéng zhēn to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom) / fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently 把 儿 bà r a handle 槓 gàng carrying pole / horizontal bar 审 判 栏 shěn pàn lán judgment bar 扊 yǎn upright bar for fastening a door 栒 xún cross bar 只 要 功 夫 深 , 铁 杵 磨 成 针 zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom) / fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently 吧 托 bā tuō scam girl / woman who lures men to an exorbitantly priced bar 酒吧[jiu3 ba1] 吧 托 女 bā tuō nu:3 scam girl / woman who lures men to an exorbitantly priced bar 酒吧[jiu3 ba1] 坐 台 小 姐 zuò tái xiǎo jiě bar girl / professional escort 快 餐 部 kuài cān bù snack bar / buffet 斜 杠 xié gàng oblique bar / slash (computing) 柱 型 图 zhù xíng tú bar graph / bar diagram 标 金 biāo jīn standard gold bar / deposit when submitting a tender 沙 坝 shā bà a sandbank / a sand bar 浅 滩 指 示 浮 标 qiǎn tān zhǐ shì fú biāo bar buoy / buoy marking shallows or sandbar 盘 杠 子 pán gàng zi to carry out gymnastic tricks on horizontal bar 菜 单 条 cài dān tiáo menu bar (of a computer application) 边 坝 Biān bà Banbar county, Tibetan: Dpal 'bar rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet 边 坝 县 Biān bà xiàn Banbar county, Tibetan: Dpal 'bar rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet 顶 杆 dǐng gǎn top bar / crown bar 顶 棒 dǐng bàng bucking bar (metal bar fixing the tail of a rivet as it is driven) 马 尔 康 Mǎ ěr kāng Barkam town (Tibetan: 'bar khams), capital of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 马 尔 康 县 Mǎ ěr kāng xiàn Barkam County (Tibetan: 'bar khams rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 马 尔 康 镇 Mǎ ěr kāng zhèn Barkam town (Tibetan: 'bar khams), capital of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan 纽 约 市 律 师 协 会 Association of the Bar of the City of New York 美 洲 律 师 协 会 Inter-American Bar Association 国 际 律 师 协 会 International Bar Association 英 格 兰 和 威 尔 士 律 师 公 会 人 权 委 员 会 Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales 美 国 律 师 公 会 American Bar Association 柱 形 图 表 bar graph / bar chart 条 形 码 阅 读 机 bar code reader 美 国 律 师 公 会 中 欧 和 东 欧 法 律 倡 议 American Bar Association Central and Eastern European Law Initiative / Central and Eastern European Law Initiative 杆 校 准 bar check 条 形 雷 bar mine 棒 棒 机 bàng bàng jī bar phone (cell phone shaped like a bar of candy) 妈 妈 桑 mā ma sāng mama-san, middle-aged woman who runs a brothel, bar etc (loanword from Japanese) / madam 进 度 条 jìn dù tiáo (computing) progress bar