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)

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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Chinese

simp. and trad.		吧

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• 罷／罢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ba (ba)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ˙

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): pā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: ba
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ˙
    • Wade-Giles: pa⁵
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .ba
    • IPA ^(key): /b̥a̠/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa⁶
    • Yale: bah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pā
    • Tâi-lô: pā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pa
    • IPA (Taipei): /pa³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /pʰˠa/, /pˠa/▼

Rime
Character	吧	吧
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	普巴切	伯加切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠa/	/pˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚa/	/pᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰa/	/pa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰaɨ/	/paɨ/
Li Rong	/pʰa/	/pa/
Wang Li	/pʰa/	/pa/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰa/	/pa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pā	bā

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*praː/, /*pʰraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	吧	吧
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	102	113
Phonetic component	巴	巴
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	巴	葩
Old Chinese	/*praː/	/*pʰraː/

Particle

吧

1. Emphatic final particle; used at the end of a sentence to indicate a suggested action; often used to express imperative mood: let us ...; why don't you ...

   走吧！  ―  Zǒu ba!  ―  Let's go!

   你有時間再做吧。 / 你有时间再做吧。  ―  Nǐ yǒu shíjiān zài zuò ba.  ―  Do it when you have time.

   大家去工作吧。  ―  Dàjiā qù gōngzuò ba.  ―  Get to work, everybody.

2. Used at the end of a sentence used to concede a point.

   好吧！  ―  Hǎo ba!  ―  Alright!

Usage notes

• 吧 is not usually used as a modal particle in Min Nan. The particle 乎 (hohⁿ) provides a similar effect.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bā (ba¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ
    • Wade-Giles: pa¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba
    • IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹
    • Yale: bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑː⁵⁵/

Noun

吧

1. (onomatopoeia) sound of crackling; crack

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bā (ba¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ
    • Wade-Giles: pa¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba
    • IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹
    • Yale: bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑː⁵⁵/

Verb

吧

1. to smoke

Etymology 4

From English bar.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bā (ba¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pâ
• Min Nan (POJ): pa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ
    • Wade-Giles: pa¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba
    • IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹
    • Yale: bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ba´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ba¹
    • IPA: /pa²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa
    • Tâi-lô: pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paf
    • IPA (Taipei): /pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴/

Definitions

吧

1. bar

   酒吧  ―  jiǔbā  ―  bar; pub

   貼吧 / 贴吧  ―  tiēbā  ―  internet board (lit. posting bar)

   迪吧  ―  díbā  ―  disco

2. Short for 貼吧／贴吧 (“internet board”).
3. transliteration character

   迪吧  ―  díbā  ―  diva

Compounds

• 吧臺／吧台
• 網吧／网吧 (wǎngbā)

• 貼吧／贴吧
• 迪吧

• 酒吧 (jiǔbā)

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Japanese

Kanji

吧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

吧 (và, ba, bơ, vài)

1. and, with, as well as

See also

• 𡝕