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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)

吧主
bāzhǔ
message board moderator or administrator
吧台
bātái
counter of a bar (pub)
吧唧
bājī
(onom.) squishing sound
吧唧
bāji
to smack one's lips
吧嗒
bāda
(onom.) patter, splatter, click
吧女
bānǚ
barmaid
吧托
bātuō
scam girl
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
网吧
wǎngbā
Internet café
贴吧
tiēbā
electronic message board
迪吧
díbā
disco (coll.)
酒吧
jiǔbā
bar
HSK 5
吧托女
bātuōnǚ
scam girl
大氧吧
dàyǎngbā
source of oxygen (of forests and nature reserves)
吧唧吧唧
bājibāji
(onom.) smacking the lips
迪斯科吧
dísīkēbā
discotheque
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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