吧

ba

(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)

...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.

吧 — the suggestion and surmise particle

吧 started as a phonetic borrowing from 巴, which gives its sound 'ba'. The mouth radical (口) reflects its role as a spoken particle — a soft, verbal nudge toward agreement or confirmation.

口+巴→吧
口MouthSemantic
巴To clingPhonetic

你累了吧,先休息一下。

nǐ lèi le ba, xiān xiūxi yīxià.

You're tired, I presume — rest for a bit first.

我们明天出发吧,你觉得怎么样?

wǒmen míngtiān chūfā ba, nǐ juéde zěnmeyàng?

Let's set off tomorrow, OK? What do you think?

Words with 吧

网吧

wǎng bā

Internet café

酒吧

jiǔ bā

bar (place to buy drinks)

阿西吧

ā xī ba

aw, fuck! (loanword from Korean 아! 씨발!)

你看着办吧

nǐ kàn zhe bàn ba

You figure it out for yourself.

吧主

bā zhǔ

message board moderator or administrator

吧务

bā wù

forum manager

吧唧吧唧

bā ji bā ji

(onom.) smacking the lips

吧唧

bā jī

(onom.) squishing sound

吧唧

bā ji

to smack one's lips

吧台

bā tái

counter of a bar (pub)

吧啦吧啦

bā lā bā lā

(loanword) blah blah blah

吧嗒

bā da

(onom.) patter, splatter, click

More characters with 口

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