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吧

ba

HSK 2 Character

What 吧 means

1. (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
2. ...right?
3. ...OK?
4. ...I presume.

Other readings

吧 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• bābar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc)
• biāsmack!

Example sentences

• 来吧。
  Come along.
• 学吧！
  Study!
• 走吧。
  Let's go!
• 来吧！
  Come!
• 好吧。
  Okay.
• 喝吧。
  Drink.

Words starting with 吧

• 吧嗒bā da(onomatopoeia) patter, splatter, click; to smack one's lips; to pull (on a pipe)
• 吧唧bā jī(onomatopoeia) squishing sound
• 吧主bā zhǔmessage board moderator or administrator
• 吧务bā wùforum manager
• 吧女bā nǚbarmaid
• 吧台bā táicounter of a bar (pub)
• 吧托bā tuōscam girl; woman who lures men to an exorbitantly priced bar 酒吧
• 吧托女bā tuō nǚscam girl; woman who lures men to an exorbitantly priced bar 酒吧
• 吧啦吧啦bā lā bā lā(loanword) blah blah blah
• 吧唧吧唧bā ji bā ji(onomatopoeia) smacking the lips

Words containing 吧

• 酒吧jiǔ bābar (place to buy drinks)
• 网吧wǎng bāInternet café
• 阿西吧ā xī baaw, fuck! (loanword from Korean 아! 씨발!)
• 你看着办吧nǐ kàn zhe bàn baYou figure it out for yourself.; Do as you please.
• 迪吧dí bādisco (coll.); diva (loanword)
• 迪斯科吧dí sī kē bādiscotheque
• 省省吧shěng sheng ba(colloquial) Don't waste your breath.; Save it!
• 贴吧Tiē bāBaidu Tieba, lit. "Baidu Post Bar", a Chinese online forum hosted by Baidu Inc.
• 爆吧bào bāspam flooding
• 大氧吧dà yǎng bāsource of oxygen (of forests and nature reserves); (cliché) lungs of the planet
• 摸吧mō bātouch bar (hostess bar that allows physical contact)
• 泡吧pào bāto spend time in a bar (alcohol, Internet etc); to go clubbing
• 歇了吧xiē le ba(dialect) give me a break!; forget about it!

Characters built on 巴

These share the phonetic component 巴 (bā), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 把bǎto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar
• 爸bàfather; dad; pa
• 爬páto crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
• 芭bāan unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辞; used in 芭蕉…
• 疤bāscar; scab
• 靶bǎtarget; mark
• 笆bāan article made of bamboo strips; fence
• 琶pásee 琵琶, pipa lute

Characters that look like 吧

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 呒fǔperplexed; astonished

Sounds the same

Read ba, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 罢(final particle, same as 吧)