吧

Meaningba(modal particle)

(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.

Examples

• 我们走吧。

  wǒ men zǒu ba.

  Let's go.

• 你是新来的同事吧？

  nǐ shì xīn lái de tóng shì ba?

  You're the new colleague, right?

• 好吧，就这么办。

  hǎo ba, jiù zhè me bàn.

  All right, let's do it that way.

Easily confused

• 吗 — 吗 asks a real yes-no question; 吧 checks a guess.

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Meaningbā(modal particle)

bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 贴吧

Examples

• 下班后我们去酒吧坐坐。

  xià bān hòu wǒ men qù jiǔ bā zuò zuò.

  Let's sit at a bar for a while after work.

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Meaningbiā(modal particle)

(onom.) smack!

Examples

• 吧的一声，杯子掉在了地上。

  ba de yì shēng, bēi zi diào zài le dì shàng.

  Smack! The cup fell on the floor.

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