罢 ba

cease, finish, stop; give up

HSK 6 #1305

DEFINITIONS

罢 ba
  • (final particle, same as 吧)
罢 bà
  • to stop
  • to cease
  • to dismiss
  • to suspend
  • to quit
  • to finish

STROKES

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WORDS

罢工 bà gōng
HSK 6
a strike; to go on strike
罢了 bà le a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
罢了 bà liǎo a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)
罢休 bà xiū to give up; to abandon (a goal etc); to let sth go; forget it; let the matter drop
罢手 bà shǒu to give up
也罢 yě bà (reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)
欲罢不能 yù bà bù néng want to stop but can't (idiom); to be unable to stop oneself; to feel an urge to continue
作罢 zuò bà to drop (subject etc)
罢免 bà miǎn to remove sb from their post; to dismiss
罢官 bà guān to dismiss from office; to resign from office
罢课 bà kè student strike; to boycott classes
罢黜 bà chù to dismiss from office; to ban; to reject
不提也罢 bù tí yě bà best not to mention it; drop it; never mind; let's not talk about it
善罢甘休 shàn bà gān xiū to leave the matter at that; to be prepared to let go; to be willing to take things lying down
海瑞罢官 hǎi ruì bà guān Hai Rui dismissed from office, 1960 historical play by historian Wu Han 吳晗|吴晗
罢市 bà shì protest strike by merchants
罢教 bà jiào teacher's strike
罢论 bà lùn abandoned idea
罢黜百家，独尊儒术 bà chù bǎi jiā ， dú zūn rú shù Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom); sole dominant ideology
静坐罢工 jìng zuò bà gōng sit-in strike
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