吧

吧 U+5427, 吧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5427 ← 否 [U+5426] CJK Unified Ideographs 吨 → [U+5428]

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 (first edition): volume 1, page 596, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5427

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Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		吧
alternative forms		罷／罢

From 罷／罢 (bà).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ba (ba⁵)

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pā / --pa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ba⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: ba
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄅㄚ
    • Wade–Giles: pa5
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .ba
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bå
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥ä/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa⁶
    • Yale: bah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /päː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pā
    • Tâi-lô: pā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pa
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pa³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --pa
    • Tâi-lô: --pa
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ba⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa¹¹/

Definitions

吧

1. Emphatic final particle; used at the end of a sentence to
   1. indicate a suggested action: why don't you ...

      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.

   2. express imperative mood: let us ...

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

      走吧！  ―  Zǒu ba!  ―  Let's go!

   3. indicate a speculation.

      門還沒鎖吧。 / 门还没锁吧。  ―  Mén hái méi suǒ ba.  ―  The door has not been locked, I guess.

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

   好吧！  ―  Hǎo ba!  ―  Alright!

   算了吧。  ―  Suànle ba.  ―  Whatever.

3. Used at the end of a sentence used to indicate disapproving incredulousness.

   不是吧！  ―  Bù shì ba!  ―  No way!

4. Used after the topic for emphasis.

   他這人吧，脾氣不太好。 [MSC, trad.]
   他这人吧，脾气不太好。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zhè rén ba, píqì bù tài hǎo. [Pinyin]

   He is not a good-tempered person.

Usage notes

• Adoption into Cantonese has been increasing.

Synonyms

• (modal particle): (Min Nan) 乎 (hohⁿ)
• (imperative): (Cantonese) 啦 (laa1)
• (speculation): (Cantonese) 啩 (gwaa3)
• (incredulousness): (Cantonese) 啊嘛 (aa6 maa5)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		吧

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bā (ba¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ
    • Wade–Giles: pa1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ba
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹
    • Yale: bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /päː⁵⁵/

Definitions

吧

1. (onomatopoeia) sound of crackling; crack

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		吧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bā (ba¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ
    • Wade–Giles: pa1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ba
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹
    • Yale: bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /päː⁵⁵/

Definitions

吧

1. (dialectal) to smoke

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		吧

Borrowed 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)⁺
    • Pinyin: bā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ
    • Wade–Giles: pa1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ba
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹
    • Yale: bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /päː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ba´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ba¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa
    • Tâi-lô: pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pa³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /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 (Tiēbā, “internet board”).
3. transliteration character

   迪吧  ―  díbā  ―  diva

Compounds

• 吧檯／吧台 (bātái)
• 氧吧

• 網吧／网吧 (wǎngbā)
• 貼吧／贴吧 (Tiēbā)

• 迪吧
• 酒吧 (jiǔbā)

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.		吧

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bā (ba¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ
    • Wade–Giles: pa1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ba
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠa/

Rime
Character	吧
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	伯加切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/pa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨ/
Li Rong	/pa/
Wang Li	/pa/
Bernard Karlgren	/pa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baa1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*praː/

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

Definitions

吧

1. Only used in 吧呀.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pā (pa¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: pā
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pa
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pa
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /pʰˠa/

Rime
Character	吧
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	普巴切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰaɨ/
Li Rong	/pʰa/
Wang Li	/pʰa/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	paa1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰraː/

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

Definitions

吧

1. Only used in 吧呀.

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Japanese

Kanji

吧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: は (ha)
• Kan-on: は (ha)

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Korean

Hanja

吧 (eum 파 (pa))

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Vietnamese

Hán tự

吧: Hán Việt readings: ba
吧: Nôm readings: ba, bơ, và, vài

Conjunction

吧 • (và)

1. Nôm form of và (“and, with, as well as”).