吧 ba — 用在句末，表示商量、建议

义项

1. 1

   用在句末，表示商量、建议

   A sentence-final particle that turns a bare statement or command into a suggestion the listener is invited to accept. 我们走 is "we are leaving"; 我们走吧 is "let’s go".

   particle
2. 2

   表示推测，等待对方证实

   particle

   Here 吧 marks a guess you are fairly sure of. 你是老师吗 asks a real question; 你是老师吧 says you already think so.

例句

• 我们走吧。/我們走吧。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) zǒu (third tone, dipping) ba. (neutral tone)···

  Let’s go.

• 你是老师吧？/你是老師吧？Nǐ (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling) lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) ba? (neutral tone)···

  You’re a teacher, aren’t you?

常见错误

• 不太对我们走吗？

  正确我们走吧。

  吗 asks for information you do not have; 吧 proposes something. Ending a suggestion with 吗 turns "let’s go" into "are we leaving?".

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