吧

bā

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吧

ba Particle (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?

吧

bā bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc)

吧

biā (onom.) smack!

Definitions

1. bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)
2. to puff (on a pipe etc)
3. (onom.) bang

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• 酒吧 jiǔ bā 酒吧 jiǔ bā bar 吧 is often used in compounds like 酒吧 (jiǔbā) meaning 'bar'.: bar
• 网吧 wǎng bā 网吧 wǎng bā Internet café 吧 appears in 网吧 (wǎngbā) meaning 'Internet café'.: Internet café
• 吧台 bā tái 吧台 bā tái counter of a bar (pub) 吧台 (bātái) means 'bar counter'.: counter of a bar (pub)

Usage notes

Collocations

吧 is commonly used as a suffix in loanwords for places like 酒吧 (bar), 网吧 (Internet café), and 书吧 (book bar).

Formality

As a loanword, 吧 is neutral in formality and widely used in everyday speech.

Example Sentences

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我们去那个新开的 吧 喝一杯 吧 。

Let's go to that newly opened bar for a drink.

我们晚上去那个新开的 吧 喝一杯 吧 。

Let's go to that newly opened bar for a drink tonight.

唱 吧 跳 吧 ！

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 466292)

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Words Containing 吧

• 网吧 网吧 wǎng bā: Internet café
• 酒吧 酒吧 jiǔ bā: bar
• 你看着办吧 你看着办吧 nǐ kàn zhe bàn ba: You figure it out for yourself.
• 吧主 吧主 bā zhǔ: message board moderator or administrator
• 吧务 吧务 bā wù: forum manager
• 吧台 吧台 bā tái: counter of a bar (pub)
• 吧唧 吧唧 bā jī: (onom.) squishing sound
• 吧唧 吧唧 bā ji: to smack one's lips
• 吧唧吧唧 吧唧吧唧 bā ji bā ji: (onom.) smacking the lips
• 吧啦吧啦 吧啦吧啦 bā lā bā lā: (loanword) blah blah blah
• 吧嗒 吧嗒 bā da: (onom.) patter, splatter, click
• 吧女 吧女 bā nǚ: barmaid
• 吧托 吧托 bā tuō: scam girl
• 吧托女 吧托女 bā tuō nǚ: scam girl
• 大氧吧 大氧吧 dà yǎng bā: source of oxygen (of forests and nature reserves)
• 摸吧 摸吧 mō bā: touch bar (hostess bar that allows physical contact)
• 歇了吧 歇了吧 xiē le ba: (dialect) give me a break!
• 泡吧 泡吧 pào bā: to spend time in a bar (alcohol, Internet etc)
• 爆吧 爆吧 bào bā: spam flooding
• 省省吧 省省吧 shěng sheng ba: (coll.) Don't waste your breath.
• 贴吧 贴吧 tiē bā: Baidu Tieba, lit. \Baidu Post Bar\, a Chinese online forum hosted by Baidu Inc.
• 迪吧 迪吧 dí bā: disco (coll.)
• 迪斯科吧 迪斯科吧 dí sī kē bā: discotheque
• 阿西吧 阿西吧 ā xī ba: aw, fuck! (loanword from Korean 아! 씨발!)