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吧 (ba): meaning and stroke order

吧 (ba) means (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise), ...right?, ...OK?, ...I presume..

吧

Simplified
吧
Traditional
吧 (same form)
Pinyin
ba · bā · biā

Stroke order of 吧

吧

  • bā bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc)
  • ba (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?
  • biā (onom.) smack!
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 吧

  1. ba
    • (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
    • ...right?
    • ...OK?
    • ...I presume.
  2. bā
    • bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)
    • to puff (on a pipe etc)
    • (onom.) bang
    • abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]
  3. biā
    • (onom.) smack!

Radical and structure

吧
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 7 strokes · 口 on the left, 巴 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

吧 in our stories

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  • 周亮想了想，说：“好吧。”

    Zhōu Liàng xiǎng le xiǎng shuō hǎo ba

    Zhou Liang thought for a moment and said, "OK."

    From the story Next Friday HSK 2

  • 方明也笑了：“我也不喜欢！我们换两杯茶吧。”

    Fāng Míng yě xiào le wǒ yě bù xǐhuan wǒmen huàn liǎng bēi chá ba

    Fang Ming laughed too: "Neither do I! Let's swap them for two teas."

    From the story The first date HSK 2

  • 老爷爷说：“明天来我家吃饭吧，我请你吃羊肉泡馍！”

    lǎoyéye shuō míngtiān lái wǒ jiā chī fàn ba wǒ qǐng nǐ chī yángròu pàomó

    The old man says, "Come to my home for a meal tomorrow. The lamb soup is on me!"

    From the story The train to Xi'an HSK 3

Stories using 吧

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).