吧

吧 U+5427, 吧
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5427
← 否
[U+5426] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 吨 →
[U+5428]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

吧 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口日山 (RAU), four-corner 67017, composition ⿰口巴)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 178, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3341
  • Dae Jaweon: page 395, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 596, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5427

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
巴 *praː
芭 *praː
笆 *praː, *braːʔ
豝 *praː
鈀 *praː, *pʰraː
吧 *praː, *pʰraː
蚆 *praː, *pʰraː
疤 *praː
把 *praːʔ
爸 *praːs, *baʔ
弝 *praːs
靶 *praːs
葩 *pʰraː
舥 *pʰraː
妑 *pʰraː
帊 *pʰraːs
琶 *braː
爬 *braː
杷 *braː, *braːs, *braːs
跁 *braːʔ, *braːs
耙 *braːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 (xíngshēng)): semantic 口 (kǒu) + phonetic 巴 (OC *praː).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 吧
alternative forms 罷／罢

From 罷／罢 (bà) and 夫 (OC *ba, “is it not?”), itself a contraction of 不乎.

Pronunciation

Definitions

吧 (chiefly Mandarin)

  1. Emphatic final particle; used at the end of a sentence to
    1. indicate a suggested action: why don't you ...; let us ...
      你有時間再做吧。 [MSC, trad.]
      你有时间再做吧。 [MSC, simp.]
      Nǐ yǒu shíjiān zài zuò ba. [Pinyin]
      Do it when you have time.
      大家去工作吧。  ―  Dàjiā qù gōngzuò ba.  ―  Get to work, everybody.
      走吧！  ―  Zǒu ba!  ―  Let's go!
    2. indicate a speculation.
      門還沒鎖吧。／门还没锁吧。  ―  Mén hái méi suǒ ba.  ―  The door has not been locked, I guess.
  2. Used at the end of a sentence used to concede a point.
    好吧！  ―  Hǎo ba!  ―  Alright!
    算了吧。  ―  Suànle ba.  ―  Whatever.
  3. Used at the end of a sentence used to indicate disapproving incredulousness.
    不是吧！  ―  Bù shì ba!  ―  No way!
  4. Used after the topic for emphasis.
    他這人吧，脾氣不太好。 [MSC, trad.]
    他这人吧，脾气不太好。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zhè rén ba, píqì bù tài hǎo. [Pinyin]
    He is not that good-tempered a person.
Usage notes
  • Adoption into Cantonese has been increasing, especially in Mainland China.
Synonyms
  • (imperative): (Hokkien) 好 (hó), 乎 (hohⁿ / hôⁿ / hōⁿ / hoⁿ)
Dialectal synonyms of 吧 (“(sentence-final particle used with a command or suggestion)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 吧
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 吧
Singapore 啦, 吧
Cantonese Guangzhou 啦
Hong Kong 啦
Singapore (Guangfu) 啦
Southern Min Xiamen 閣
Quanzhou 唷
Zhangzhou 閣
Taipei 喔
Kaohsiung 喔
Singapore (Hokkien) 啦
Manila (Hokkien) 唷, 閣
  • (speculation): (Hokkien, Teochew) 閣／阁 (koh), 唷 (ió / ó), 好 (hó), 乎 (hohⁿ / hôⁿ / hōⁿ / hoⁿ)
Dialectal synonyms of 吧 (“(sentence-final particle indicating speculation)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 吧
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 吧
Malaysia 啩
Singapore 吧
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 吧
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 吧
Cantonese Guangzhou 啩
Hong Kong 啩
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 啩
Taishan 估啊
Kaiping (Chikan) 估啊
Enping (Niujiang) 估啊
Dongguan 啩
  • (incredulousness): (Cantonese) 啊嘛 (aa6 maa5), (Hokkien, Teochew) 啦 (--la / --lah), 啊 (--a / --ah)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 吧

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

吧

  1. (onomatopoeia) sound of crackling; crack

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

吧

  1. (onomatopoeia) pow!; smack!

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 吧

Pronunciation

Definitions

吧

  1. (dialectal) to smoke (a cigarette)

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.
 吧

Borrowed from English bar.

Pronunciation

Definitions

吧

  1. bar
    酒吧  ―  jiǔbā  ―  bar; pub
    貼吧／贴吧  ―  tiēbā  ―  internet board (lit. posting bar)
    玩具吧  ―  wánjù bā  ―  toy shop
  2. short for 貼吧／贴吧 (Tiēbā, “internet board”)
  3. Used in transcription.
    迪吧  ―  díbā  ―  diva

Compounds

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.
 吧

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 吧
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 伯加切
Baxter pae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pˠa/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pa/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/paɨ/
Li
Rong 		/pa/
Wang
Li 		/pa/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		baa1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 吧
Reading # 1/2
No. 102
Phonetic
component 		巴
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		巴
Old
Chinese 		/*praː/
Definitions

吧

  1. only used in 吧呀

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 吧
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 普巴切
Baxter phae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pʰˠa/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pʰᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pʰa/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pʰaɨ/
Li
Rong 		/pʰa/
Wang
Li 		/pʰa/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pʰa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		pā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		paa1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 吧
Reading # 2/2
No. 113
Phonetic
component 		巴
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		葩
Old
Chinese 		/*pʰraː/
Definitions

吧

  1. only used in 吧呀

Japanese

Kanji

吧

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: は (ha)
  • Kan-on: は (ha)

Korean

Hanja

吧 (eum 파 (pa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

吧: Hán Việt readings: ba
吧: Nôm readings: ba, bơ, và, vài

Conjunction

吧 • (và)

  1. chữ Nôm form of và (“and, with, as well as”)
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