罢(bà)

HSK 610 strokesTrad. 罷
Readingsbàbapí

to stop

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Character information

Pinyin
bà / ba / pí
Meaning
to stop; to cease; to dismiss; to suspend; to quit; to finish
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
罷

Origin & structure

Where 罢 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱罒去

Stuck in a net 罒, unable to leave 去

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

罒wǎng去qù

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 罷: Stuck in a net 罒, unable 能 to leave

How to write 罢 step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 罢

Common words using 罢 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

bà罢le了
HSK 6

a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)

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bà罢gōng工
HSK 6

a strike

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bà罢xiū休
HSK 7-9

to give up

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bà罢miǎn免
HSK 7-9

to remove sb from their post

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yě也bà罢

(reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or…

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zuò作bà罢

to drop (subject etc)

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shàn善bà罢gān干xiū休

variant of 善罢甘休

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shàn善bà罢gān甘xiū休

(idiom) to let the matter rest; to just let it go; to take it lying down (usu. used in …

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了工休免也作善干

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