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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bà | ba4
English translation
to cease, to finish, to stop, to quit

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

wǎng

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

Stuck in a net  wǎng , unable  Néng  to leave

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

罒能

Explanation

Simplified form of . Depicts stopping something from being able ( Néng ) to continue with a net ( wǎng ).

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
罢了 bà le a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)罷了
to stop
罢工 bàgōng a strike罷工
也罢 yě bà never mind也罷
罢休 bà xiū to give up罷休
罢免 bà miǎn to dismiss罷免
罢手 bà shǒu to give up罷手
欲罢不能 yù bà bù néng want to stop but can't (idiom)欲罷不能
作罢 zuò bà to drop (subject etc)作罷
善罢甘休 shàn bà gān xiū to leave the matter at that善罷甘休
罢课 bà kè student's strike罷課
罢官 bà guān to dismiss from office罷官
罢市 bà shì protest strike by merchants罷市
罢黜 bà chù to ban罷黜
罢教 bà jiào teacher's strike罷教

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