也罢

yě bà

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Definitions

1. (reduplicated) whether... or...
2. never mind
3. fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)

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Grammar

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HSK 2.0 Level 6+ HSK 3.0 Level 7–9+ 6 min

X也好，Y也罢 and 也罢 for “Whether X or Y” and “Oh Well”

Use X也好，Y也罢 to say that the result is the same whichever case is true, and 也罢 on its own to accept something reluctantly: “oh well, fine”.

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Words Containing 也罢

• 不提也罢 不提也罢 bù tí yě bà: best not to mention it

Child Words of 也罢

• 也 也 yě: (adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only)
• 罢 罢 bà: to stop
• 罢 罢 ba: (final particle, same as 吧)