Memory phrase for the character: 吧


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Meaning modal particle for polite suggestion ...right?, ...OK?

Pronunciation

bā, ba

Explanation

Left: mouth right: hope (Behind the doorknob you may hope.)

Mnemonic


 
If my mouth (my speech) is hoping for something, this is a polite suggestion.

Radicals

mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: , it is an enclosure.
to hope, long forActually a slumped person 把 is shown. But the explanations use it as "door handle". This understanding is based on the character: 把 (bǎ, bà), which is in combination of a hand and means: doorknob.
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 Vocabulary

酒吧 jiǔ bā  bar; pub; saloon
这样吧 zhè yàng ba  Let's do it like this.
迪斯科吧 dí sī kē bā  discotheque
迪斯科吧 dí sī kē bā  


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