Meaning
to stop; cease; dismiss; suspend; to quit; to finish
Chinese: 停止。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “ba” becomes a different word in each tone. 罢 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 罢了bà lea modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
- 罢工bà gōnga strike; to go on strike
- 罢休bà xiūto give up; to abandon (a goal etc); to let sth go; forget it
- 罢免bà miǎnto remove sb from their post; to dismiss
- 也罢yě bà(reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)
Example Sentence
这只是一件小事罢了。Zhè zhǐ shì yí jiàn xiǎo shì bà le.This is just a small matter, that is all.
这Zhèthis只是zhǐ shìmerely一yíone件jiànitem小事xiǎo shìtrifle罢bàto stop了le(completed action)。