罢了

bà le

HSK 3.0 Level 7 Particle Common

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let it be

Often used together to show resignation

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that's all

Used at the end of a sentence to mean 'that's all, merely'

Often follows 只是, 不过, or 无非 to emphasize 'merely'.

罢了 is commonly used in spoken and informal written Chinese to downplay a situation; avoid in formal writing.

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我只是开个玩笑罢了。

I was just joking, that's all.

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(completed action marker)

(of eyes) bright

to stop

(final particle, same as 吧)