BA-3
('ba' in the third tone)
There are some 41 standard Chinese characters with a 'ba' pronunciation. Major
sound-indicating components are: 巴 (19 occurences), 八 (4)
The most common 'ban' spoken characters are:
把 = ba(3) = (used in passive
sentence structures)
八 = ba(1) = eight
吧 = ba(1) = bar (not only associated with sex and alcohol selling
establishments)
吧 = ba(-) = (added at the end of sentences with various meanings)
巴 = ba(1) = (used in the transliteration of foreign words like ‘bus’
and ‘bazaar’ into Chinese)
把 = ba(3) = Instead of
listing grammatical categories for the use of this particle, it is easiest to
remember把 as meaning‘by’, like in ‘by me’, ‘by him’. Here some typical
sentence structures:
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他们把被单换了. = Ta(3)men(3) ba(3)
bei(4)dan(1) huan(4) le(-). = They changed already the bed sheet. More
literally: By them, bed sheet changed already.
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我把衣服洗了. = Wo(3) ba(3)
yi(1)fu(-) xi(3) le(-). = I already washed the clothes. More literally: By me,
the clothes were already washed.
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我把电脑修好了. = Wo(3) ba(3)
dian(4)nao(3) xiu(1) hao(3) le(-). = I already repaired the computer. More
literally: By me, the computer was already repaired.
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你把巧克力吃完了吗? = Ni(3) ba(3)
qiao(3)ke(4)li(4) chi(1) wan(2) le(-) ma(-)? = Did you eat all the chocolate?
More literally: By you, the chocolate was eaten finished?
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你把水电费交了吗? = Ni(3) ba(3)
shui(3) dian(4) fei(4) jiao(1) le(-) ma(-)? = Did you pay the water and
electric bills? More literally: By you, water electric fee paid?
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