吧 ba — a modal particle used at the end of a sentence to indicate consultation, a suggestion, request or command

吧

Pinyin ba IPA [pa] Zhuyin ㄅㄚ

HSK 2 particle 助词 taught early in HSK 1, Lesson 13 freq #58

Meaning

particle 助词 a modal particle used at the end of a sentence to indicate consultation, a suggestion, request or command

A sentence-final particle that softens a sentence into a suggestion, request, or assumption: 我们走吧 'let's go'; 你是老师吧 'you're a teacher, right?'

(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
...right?
...OK?
...I presume.

Examples

不会吧。	bú huì ba	Oh no!
回家吧。	huí jiā ba	Go home.
请来吧。	qǐng lái ba	Please come.

Other Pronunciations 多音字

[bā] bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1] beyond HSK 1 usage

[biā] (onom.) smack! beyond HSK 1 usage

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