吧

simpl. and trad.
吧

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

吧 (radical 30 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口日山 (RAU), four-corner 6701₇, composition ⿰口巴)

1. emphatic final particle

References

• KangXi: page 178, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3341
• Dae Jaweon: page 395, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 596, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5427

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Cantonese

simpl. and trad.
吧

Hanzi

吧 (jyutping baa1, baa6, Yale ba1, ba6)

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Japanese

Kanji

吧

Readings

• On: は (ha), へ (he)
• Kun: おおくちのさま (ookuchinosama)

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Korean

Hanja

吧 (hangeul 파, revised pa, McCune-Reischauer p'a)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
吧

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ pa ]
• IPA: [ pa˥˥ ]

• Audio

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Hanzi

吧 (pinyin bā (ba1), ba (ba5), Wade-Giles pa¹, pa⁵)

Particle

吧 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin ba)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) used at the end of a sentence to indicate a suggested action; let us ...; why don't you ...

   走吧

   let's go!

Syllable

吧 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bā)

1. transliteration for ba or bar

Derived terms

• 酒吧 (jiǔbā)

References

• 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:

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Min Nan

simpl. and trad.
吧

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ pa˥˥ ]

Syllable

吧 (traditional and simplified, POJ pa)

1. transliteration for ba or bar

Usage notes

• 吧 is not used as a modal particle in Min Nan. The particle ho͘ⁿ provides a similar effect.

Derived terms

• 酒吧 (chiú-pa)

References

• "吧" (in Taiwanese/English), On-line Taiwanese/Mandarin Dictionary (台文／華文線頂辭典). URL accessed on 2011-01-30.

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Vietnamese

Han character

吧 (ba, và, bơ, vài)

1. and, with, as well as