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吧
bā
1. bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)
2. to puff (on a pipe etc)
3. (onom.) bang
4. abbr. for [[貼吧|贴吧<tiēbā>]]
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

吧
bā
emphatic final particle
HSK 2 7 丶

Compound Words (19)

网吧
wǎngbā
Internet café
贴吧
tiēbā
electronic message board
吧台
bātái
counter of a bar (pub)
吧唧
bājī
(onom.) squishing sound
吧唧
bāji
to smack one's lips
酒吧
jiǔbā
bar
HSK 5
吧嗒
bāda
(onom.) patter, splatter, click
吧女
bānǚ
barmaid
吧托
bātuō
scam girl
迪吧
díbā
disco (coll.)
吧主
bāzhǔ
message board moderator or administrator
摸吧
mōbā
touch bar (hostess bar that allows physical contact)
泡吧
pàobā
to spend time in a bar (alcohol, Internet etc)
爆吧
bàobā
spam flooding
吧托女
bātuōnǚ
scam girl
大氧吧
dàyǎngbā
source of oxygen (of forests and nature reserves)
迪斯科吧
dísīkēbā
discotheque
吧唧吧唧
bājibāji
(onom.) smacking the lips
你看着办吧
nǐkànzhebànba
You figure it out for yourself.

Alternate Entries

吧
ba
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume.
HSK 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
469
Word Frequency Rank
30 of 84,292

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