翘尾巴 |
qiào wěi ba |
to be cocky |
翘 |
qiáo |
outstanding / to raise |
翘 |
qiào |
to stick up / to rise on one end / to tilt |
尾 |
wěi |
tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish |
尾 |
yǐ |
horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc |
尾巴 |
wěi ba |
tail / colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5] |
巴 |
Bā |
Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan) / the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality / surname Ba / abbr. for 巴勒斯坦 (Palestine), 巴基斯坦 (Pakistan) or 巴西 (Brazil) |
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 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail |