吧
biā
3 readings · tap one to hear it
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 2
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 口 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 吧
- Common rank
- #2,148
- Unicode
- U+5427
Sound it out + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 吧
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿西吧 | aw, fuck! (loanword from Korean 아! 씨발!) | |
| 迪斯科吧 | discotheque | |
| 吧托女 | scam girl; woman who lures men to an exorbitantly priced bar 酒吧[jiu3 ba1] | |
| 大氧吧 | source of oxygen (of forests and nature reserves); (cliché) lungs of the planet | |
| 你看着办吧 | You figure it out for yourself.; Do as you please. | |
| 吧主 | message board moderator or administrator | |
| 吧台 | counter of a bar (pub) | |
| 吧女 | barmaid | |
| 网吧 | Internet café | |
| 酒吧 | bar (place to buy drinks); CL:家[jia1] | |
| 省省吧 | (coll.) Don't waste your breath.; Save it! | |
| 吧务 | forum manager | |
| 吧托 | scam girl; woman who lures men to an exorbitantly priced bar 酒吧[jiu3 ba1] | |
| 迪吧 | disco (coll.); diva (loanword) | |
| 爆吧 | spam flooding | |
| 泡吧 | to spend time in a bar (alcohol, Internet etc); to go clubbing | |
| 歇了吧 | (dialect) give me a break!; forget about it! | |
| 贴吧 | Baidu Tieba, lit. "Baidu Post Bar", a Chinese online forum hosted by Baidu Inc. | |
| 摸吧 | touch bar (hostess bar that allows physical contact) | |
| 吧啦吧啦 | (loanword) blah blah blah |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 巴 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巴 sound part | to desire, to wish for | |
| 把 | to grasp, to hold; to guard, to take; handle | |
| 肥 | fat, plump, obese; fertile | |
| 爬 | to climb, to scramble; to crawl, to creep | |
| 芭 | a plantain or banana palm | |
| 爸 | father, papa | |
| 靶 | target, mark | |
| 耙 | to rake | |
| 疤 | scar, cicatrix; birthmark | |
| 琶 | a guitar-like instrument (2) | |
| 笆 | bamboo fence | |
| 杷 | loquat tree; axe handle | |
| 粑 | tsamba, flat rice cake | |
| 钯 | palladium | |
| 鲃 | shark; bonito | |
| 岜 | rocky mountain |