Meaning
(onomat.); dumb; (modal particle indicating polite suggestion); ...right?; ...OK?
Chinese: 语气助词，也指酒吧。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “ba” becomes a different word in each tone. 吧 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 酒吧jiǔ bābar (place to buy drinks)
- 网吧wǎng bāInternet café
- 吧主bā zhǔmessage board moderator or administrator
- 吧女bā nǚbarmaid
- 吧务bā wùforum manager
Example Sentence
我们一起去吃饭吧。Wǒ men yì qǐ qù chī fàn ba.Let us go eat together.
我们Wǒ menwe一起yì qǐ(in) the same place去qùto go吃饭chī fànto have a meal吧bato puff (on a pipe etc)。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The mouth radical 口 plus 巴 (sound): read ba, an unstressed final particle softening a suggestion or marking a guess (走吧 let's go; 是他吧 it's him, right?); read bā, ‘a bar’ (酒吧) and an onomatopoeia.
A way to remember it
The soft suggestion particle: 走吧 (let's go), 好吧 (all right).