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罢

bà

HSK 6 Character Traditional 罷

What 罢 means

1. to stop
2. to cease
3. to dismiss
4. to suspend
5. to quit
6. to finish

Other readings

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

• ba(final particle, same as 吧)

Example sentences

• 有罢工。
  There is a strike.
• 工人罢工。
  The workers are on strike.
• 我们在罢工。
  We are on strike.
• 汤姆罢工了。
  Tom is on strike.
• 我没有罢工。
  I did not strike.
• 只是一场梦罢了。
  Zhǐshì yī chǎng mèng bàle.
  It was just a dream.

Words starting with 罢

• 罢工bà gōnga strike; to go on strike
• 罢了bà lea modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
• 罢休bà xiūto give up; to abandon (a goal etc); to let sth go
• 罢免bà miǎnto remove sb from their post; to dismiss
• 罢课bà kèstudent strike; to boycott classes
• 罢手bà shǒuto give up
• 罢官bà guānto dismiss from office; to resign from office
• 罢市bà shìprotest strike by merchants
• 罢教bà jiàoteacher's strike
• 罢论bà lùnabandoned idea
• 罢黜bà chùto dismiss from office; to ban; to reject
• 罢黜百家，独尊儒术bà chù bǎi jiā , dú zūn rú shùDismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom); sole dominant ideology

Words containing 罢

• 也罢yě bà(reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)
• 作罢zuò bàto drop (subject etc)
• 欲罢不能yù bà bù néngwant to stop but can't (idiom); to be unable to stop oneself; to feel an urge to continue
• 不提也罢bù tí yě bàbest not to mention it; drop it; never mind
• 善罢甘休shàn bà gān xiū(idiom) to let the matter rest; to just let it go; to take it lying down…
• 海瑞罢官Hǎi Ruì bà guānHai Rui dismissed from office, 1960 historical play by historian Wu Han 吴晗
• 静坐罢工jìng zuò bà gōngsit-in strike
• 善罢干休shàn bà gān xiūvariant of 善罢甘休

Characters built on 去

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

• 法fǎlaw; method; way
• 珐fàused in 珐琅
• 砝fǎused in 砝码

Characters that look like 罢

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

• 宴yàn(bound form) to entertain at a banquet; (bound form) banquet; feast; (literary) peaceful…
• 耍shuǎto play with; to wield; to act (cool etc)
• 戛gāused in 戛纳
• 菩púused in 菩萨; used in 菩提
• 荟huìto flourish; luxuriant growth
• 峇bā(used in transliteration)

Sounds the same

Read bà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 爸father; dad; pa
• 霸hegemon; tyrant; lord
• 坝(used in place names) plain; flatland; (dialect) sandbar; shoal
• 把handle
• 耙a hoe; to harrow
• 灞name of a river
• 杷handle or shaft (of an axe etc); hoe; to harrow
• 弝the part of a bow grasped when shooting
• 鲅(bound form) Spanish mackerel
• 猈dog with short shinbone
• 伯variant of 霸
• 欛variant of 杷; variant of 把