The particle 吧 (ba) can be used to soften the feel of a sentence. This
could be to make it more polite, gentler and less forceful, or to turn a
command into a suggestion.

Structure
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<div class="jiegou">
Statement + 吧

</div>
Examples
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<div class="liju">
-   这 不 太 好 <em>吧</em> 。<span class="pinyin"> Zhè bù tài hǎo
    <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">This isn't so good.</span>
-   算了 <em>吧</em> 。<span class="pinyin"> Suàn le
    <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">Let's forget it.</span>
-   应该 是 <em>吧</em> 。<span class="pinyin"> Yīnggāi shì
    <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">It should be.</span>
-   钱 太 少 了 <em>吧</em> 。<span class="pinyin"> Qián tài shǎo le
    <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">It's too little money.</span>
-   再 等 一 等 <em>吧</em> 。<span class="pinyin"> Zài děng yī děng
    <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">Wait a little longer.</span>
-   太 晚 了 ，不要 走 了 <em>吧</em> 。<span class="pinyin">Tài wǎn le,
    bùyào zǒu le <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">It's too late
    now, don't leave.</span>
-   你们 早 点 来 <em>吧</em> 。 <span class="pinyin">Nǐmen zǎo diǎn lái
    <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">Come a little earlier.</span>
-   快 点 <em>吧</em> ， 要 迟到 了。<span class="pinyin">Kuài diǎn
    <em>ba</em>, yào chídào le.</span><span class="trans">Please hurry,
    we're going to be late.</span>
-   太 贵 了 <em>吧</em> ， 我 不 买 了。 <span class="pinyin">Tài guì
    le <em>ba</em>, wǒ bù mǎi le.</span><span class="trans">It's
    too expensive. I'm not buying it.</span>
-   那 个 地方 太 远 了 <em>吧</em>，我 不 想 去。 <span class="pinyin">
    Nàge dìfang tài yuǎn le <em>ba</em>，wǒ bù xiǎng
    qù.</span><span class="trans">That place is too far away. I don't
    want to go.</span>

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See also
--------

-   [Suggestions with "ba"](Suggestions_with_"ba" "wikilink")
-   [Conceding with "ba"](Conceding_with_"ba" "wikilink")
-   [Reviewing options with
    "ba"](Reviewing_options_with_"ba" "wikilink")
-   [Verb reduplication](Verb_reduplication "wikilink")

Sources and further reading
---------------------------

### Books

-   [Chinese Grammar - Broken down into 100 items - Basic and
    Intermediate Levels (汉语语法百项讲练 -
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-   [Short-term Spoken Chinese:
    Pre-Intermediate (汉语口语速成提高篇)](Short-term_Spoken_Chinese:_Pre-Intermediate_(汉语口语速成提高篇) "wikilink") (pp.
    52-3)
-   [Short-term Spoken Chinese:
    Elementary (汉语口语速成基础篇)](Short-term_Spoken_Chinese:_Elementary_(汉语口语速成基础篇) "wikilink") (p.
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-   [Boya Chinese Elementary Starter
    1 (博雅汉语初经起步篇)](Boya_Chinese_Elementary_Starter_1_(博雅汉语初经起步篇) "wikilink") (p.
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-   [New Practical Chinese Reader
    4 (新实用汉语课本4)](New_Practical_Chinese_Reader_4_(新实用汉语课本4) "wikilink") (p.
    246)
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-   [Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part
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