Memory phrase for the character: 吧

吧

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Meaning

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

Pronunciation

bā, ba

Explanation

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

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

Radicals

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




 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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