吧 ba

HSK 2 character · 7 strokes · radical 口

Meanings

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

Words with 吧

吧 ba: (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)

Grammar: Suggestions with 吧

Verb phrase + 吧

吧 at the end of a command turns it into a suggestion or a friendly offer: "let's...", "why don't you...". With 我们 it is "let's"; with 我 it offers to do something.

Grammar: Softening statements with 吧

Statement + 吧

吧 also makes a statement sound less certain or less blunt. As a question, it shows you already think the answer is yes and want the other person to agree, like "..., right?". In answers it sounds easygoing: 好吧 is "OK, then".

Example sentences

走吧。
Let's go!
Tatoeba #334277 by fucongcong (CC BY 2.0 FR)

学吧！
Study!
Tatoeba #628103 by shanghainese (CC BY 2.0 FR)

好吧。
Okay.
Tatoeba #5933582 by Sethlang (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Meanings and readings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).