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罢
罷
ba
1. (final particle, same as [[吧]])
Very Common • Top 3%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

罢
bà
to cease, to finish, to stop, to quit
HSK 6 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

也罢
yěbà
(reduplicated) whether... or...
作罢
zuòbà
to drop (subject etc)
罢了
bàle
a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
罢了
bàliǎo
a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)
罢休
bàxiū
to give up
罢免
bàmiǎn
to remove sb from their post
罢官
bàguān
dismiss from office
罢工
bàgōng
a strike
HSK 6
罢市
bàshì
protest strike by merchants
罢手
bàshǒu
to give up
罢教
bàjiào
teacher's strike
罢课
bàkè
student's strike
罢论
bàlùn
abandoned idea
罢黜
bàchù
to dismiss from office
不提也罢
bùtíyěbà
best not to mention it
善罢甘休
shànbàgānxiū
to leave the matter at that
欲罢不能
yùbàbùnéng
want to stop but can't (idiom, from Analects); find it impossible to give up
海瑞罢官
HǎiRuìbàguān
Hai Rui dismissed from office, 1960 historical play by historian Wu Han [[吳晗|吴晗]]
静坐罢工
jìngzuòbàgōng
sit-in strike
罢黜百家,独尊儒术
bàchùbǎijiā,dúzūnrúshù
Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom)

Alternate Entries

罢
bà
to stop / to cease / to dismiss / to suspend / to quit / to finish

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,304
Word Frequency Rank
2,328 of 84,292

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