吧
babā HSK1

emphatic final particle

吧 ba frequency
[suggestion] particle
Used at the end of a sentence to indicate a suggestion, request, or a mild command

我们玩到你赢为止吧。

wǒ​men wán dào nǐ yíng wéi​zhǐ ba.

Let's play till you win.

我们不要结婚吧。

wǒ​men bù​yào jié hūn ba.

Let's not get married.

[conjecture] particle
Used at the end of a sentence to indicate supposition or to form a tag question seeking confirmation

我跟你说过那个湖吧？

wǒ gēn nǐ shuō guo nà​ge hú ba?

I told you about the lake, right?

我可以去上大学吧？

wǒ kě​yǐ qù shàng dà​xué ba?

I can go to college, right?

[hesitation/pause] particle
Used within a sentence to indicate a pause or a state of indecision between two options.
吧 bā
bar noun
(loanword) A bar or establishment providing drinks or leisure services; also used as an abbreviation for 贴吧 tiē​bā.
to puff
To draw on or puff on a pipe or cigarette.
snap
(sound) Representing a sudden cracking or snapping sound, such as a gunshot or a breaking twig.

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Frequency
Character
Written text
470th most common 452.4 per million
Movie subtitles
40th most common 4209.1 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5785.5 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
946.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+5427

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)