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吧

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: volume 1, page 596, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5427

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 吧

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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
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

Noun

吧

  1. (onomatopoeia) sound of crackling; crack

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

吧

  1. to smoke

Etymology 4

Borrowing from English bar.

Pronunciation

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

  • 貼吧／贴吧
  • 迪吧

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)

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

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