吧 - Mandarin word #15

吧

Traditional: 吧

HSK 1

#15 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

suggestion or softening particle (let's, shall we, I suppose)

Stroke order

吧

。

Let's go.

。

Come on then.

？

He's a teacher, I suppose?

。

Let's go together.

。

Why don't you rest a bit first.

吧 (ba) is a sentence-final particle that softens commands, makes suggestions, or signals supposition.

啊

ah, oh (exclamatory particle)

吗

question particle (turns a statement into a yes/no question)

呢

and what about...? (question particle)

呀

ah, oh (softening particle)

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 1.