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  1. 1.to stop
  2. 2.to cease
  3. 3.to dismiss
  4. 4.to suspend
  5. 5.to quit
  6. 6.to finish
ba
  1. 1.(final particle, same as 吧)

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.Emphatic final particle; used at the end of a sentence to
  2. 2.indicate a suggested action: why don't you ...; let us ...
  3. 3.indicate a speculation.
  4. 4.Used at the end of a sentence used to concede a point.
  5. 5.Used at the end of a sentence used to indicate disapproving incredulousness.
  6. 6.Used after the topic for emphasis.
  7. 7.Emphatic final particle; used at the end of a sentence to indicate a suggested action: why don't you ...; let us ...
  8. 8.A meaningless sentence-medial particle
  9. 9.father; dad
  10. 10.weary; tired; exhausted
  11. 11.weak
  12. 12.short

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声 (xíngshēng)): semantic 口 (kǒu) + phonetic 巴 (OC *praː). From 罷/罢 (bà) and 夫 (OC *ba, “is it not?”), itself a contraction of 不乎.

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