吧

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

• 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

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

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

吧

1. Emphatic final particle; used at the end of a sentence to
   1. indicate a suggested action: why don't you ...

      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.

   2. express imperative mood: let us ...

      大家去工作吧。  ―  Dàjiā qù gōngzuò ba.  ―  Get to work, everybody.

      走吧！  ―  Zǒu ba!  ―  Let's go!

   3. 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 a good-tempered person.

• Adoption into Cantonese has been increasing, especially in Mainland China.

• (imperative): (Cantonese) 啦 (laa1), (Hokkien, Teochew) 閣／阁 (koh), 唷 (ió / ó), 好 (hó), 乎 (hohⁿ / hôⁿ / hōⁿ / hoⁿ)
• (speculation): (Cantonese) 啩 (gwaa3), (Hokkien, Teochew) 閣／阁 (koh), 唷 (ió / ó), 好 (hó), 乎 (hohⁿ / hôⁿ / hōⁿ / hoⁿ)
• (incredulousness): (Cantonese) 啊嘛 (aa6 maa5), (Hokkien, Teochew) 啦 (--la / --lah), 啊 (--a / --ah)

Onomatopoeic.

吧

1. (onomatopoeia) sound of crackling; crack

吧

1. (onomatopoeia) pow!; smack!

吧

1. (dialectal) to smoke (a cigarette)

Borrowed from English bar.

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

吧

1. Only used in 吧呀.

吧

1. Only used in 吧呀.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• Go-on: は (ha)
• Kan-on: は (ha)

吧 (eum 파 (pa))

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

吧 • (và)

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