bà

Alternative forms

• bå (Bolognese)
• bò (Carpigiano)

Noun

bà m

1. cattle

Romanization

bà (Zhuyin ㄅㄚˋ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 伫
2. Pinyin transcription of 坝
3. Pinyin transcription of 垻
4. Pinyin transcription of 壩
5. Pinyin transcription of 弝
6. Pinyin transcription of 抈
7. Pinyin transcription of 杷
8. Pinyin transcription of 欛
9. Pinyin transcription of 灞
10. Pinyin transcription of 爸
11. Pinyin transcription of 猈
12. Pinyin transcription of 罢, 罷
13. Pinyin transcription of 耘
14. Pinyin transcription of 覇, 霸
15. Pinyin transcription of 靳
16. Pinyin transcription of 魿
17. Pinyin transcription of 鮂
18. Pinyin transcription of 鱻
19. Pinyin transcription of 鲄
20. Pinyin transcription of 鲋

Noun

bà f

1. genitive singular of bò
2. plural of bò

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 婆 (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɓaː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɓaː˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɓaː˨˩]

Noun

bà

1. grandmother; grandma
2. she, woman, Madam (formal or polite)

Pronoun

bà

1. you, madam, Mrs (when addressing a woman significantly older than the speaker)