# 芭蕾 (bālěi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 芭蕾 (bālěi) means “ballet”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: ballet
- Pinyin: bālěi (ba1 lei3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 她从小就开始学习芭蕾。
  Tā cóngxiǎo jiù kāishǐ xuéxí bālěi.
  She started learning ballet as a child.

## Characters

- 芭 (bā): an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu
- 蕾 (lěi): bud

https://hanziro.com/word/ba-lei-ballet/

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