疤 (bā) — scar (permanent mark on skin or surface); scab (temporary crust over a healing wound)
Definition
A scar on the skin — the permanent mark left after a wound heals. Compare 伤痕 (emotional + physical scar) and 伤口 (the open wound itself, not the healed mark).
noun
scar (permanent mark on skin or surface)scab (temporary crust over a healing wound)
Measure word · 块
Easily confused
- 瘸quélook-aliketo be lame; to limp; to become lame
- 八bāsound-alikeeight
- 把bǎlook-alike(classifier) for things with handles, or for handfuls and bunches
- 扒bāsound-aliketo peel, to skin (remove the outer covering)
- 吧balook-alike(modal particle) used to indicate a suggestion, a tentative guess, or to soften a statement
Examples
- 疤。Tā liǎn shàng yǒu yí dào bā.He has a scar on his face.
- 疤。Shāng kǒu shàng de bā yǐ jīng diào le.The scab on the wound has already fallen off.
- 疤。Nà cì shì gù zài tā tuǐ shàng liú xià le yí dào bā.That accident left a scar on his leg.
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