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

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		吧
alt. forms		罷／罢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ba (ba⁵)

(Zhuyin): ˙ㄅㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa⁶
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): pā / --pa

(Teochew, Peng'im): ba⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ba
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄅㄚ
  - Wade–Giles: pa⁵
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .ba
  - IPA ^(key): /b̥a̠/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa⁶
  - Yale: bah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream 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
  - IPA ^(key): /pa¹¹/

Definitions

吧

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.
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

simp. and trad.		吧

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bā (ba¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bā
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ
  - Wade–Giles: pa¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹
  - Yale: bā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑː⁵⁵/

Definitions

吧

(onomatopoeia) sound of crackling; crack

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		吧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bā (ba¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bā
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ
  - Wade–Giles: pa¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹
  - Yale: bā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑː⁵⁵/

Definitions

吧

(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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bā
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ
  - Wade–Giles: pa¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹
  - Yale: bā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ba´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ba¹
  - 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

bar
酒吧 ― jiǔbā ― bar; pub

貼吧 / 贴吧 ― tiēbā ― internet board (lit. posting bar)

迪吧 ― díbā ― disco
Short for 貼吧／贴吧 (Tiēbā, “internet board”).
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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bā
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ
  - Wade–Giles: pa¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵/

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

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

Only used in 吧呀.

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pā (pa¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄚ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: pā
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄚ
  - Wade–Giles: p'a¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pa
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰa̠⁵⁵/

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

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

Only used in 吧呀.

Japanese

Kanji

吧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Goon: は (ha)
Kan’on: は (ha)

Korean

Hanja

吧 • (pa) (hangeul 파, McCune–Reischauer p'a)

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Vietnamese

Han character

吧 (và, ba, bơ, vài)

and, with, as well as

吧

Translingual

Han character

References

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

Usage notes

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Definitions

Compounds

Etymology 5

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

Japanese

Kanji

Readings

Korean

Hanja

Vietnamese

Han character

See also