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罢了

bà le

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 罷了

罢了 (bà le) means "a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much); a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 罢了 means

1. a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)

How 罢了 is used in grammar

罢了 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Advanced Particles: Structural 所 and Modal 罢了/啦/嘛 (HSK 6)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 7-9, particles (语气助词).

Other readings

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

• bà liǎoa modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)

The characters in 罢了

• 罢bàto stop; to cease; to dismiss
• 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)…

Example sentences

• 只是一场梦罢了。
  Zhǐshì yī chǎng mèng bàle.
  It was just a dream.
• 人生只不过是场梦罢了。
  Life is only a dream.
• 不过是一个文字游戏罢了。
  It's just a play on words.
• 你怕啥？就是部电影罢了。
  Why are you so scared? It's just a movie.
• 你还以为我作罢了，不是吗？
  Nǐ hái yǐwéi wǒ zuòbà le, bù shì ma?
  You thought I was through doing that, didn't you?

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bà le correctly.
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