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吧

bā · ba/ba/biā · bia

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HSK 1Old HSK 2

Meaning

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bā 吧

  1. bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)
  2. to puff (on a pipe etc)
  3. (onom.) bang
  4. abbr. for 貼吧 / 贴吧 (tiē bā)

ba 吧

  1. (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
  2. ...right?
  3. ...OK?
  4. ...I presume.

biā 吧

  1. (onom.) smack!

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)七(qī)点(diǎn)左(zuǒ)右(yòu)来(lái)就(jiù)可(kě)以(yǐ)了(le)吧(ba)？

Would it suffice if I came around 7?

Tatoeba: Chinese by fercheung · English by stb · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

外(wài)面(miàn)下(xià)雨(yǔ)了(le)，我(wǒ)们(men)带(dài)把(bǎ)伞(sǎn)吧(ba)。

It's raining outside, let's bring an umbrella.

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