Depicts a tired bear (能) trapped under a net (网). Based on the original meaning "tired, wear out". The meaning later shifted to "stop" and "quit".
Components
Traditional (罷)
Notes
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Historical Evolution
罢
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
罢
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
罢
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
罢
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
罢
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
罢
Regular
Modern
Chinese
罢 / 罷 [bà]
to stop; to cease; to dismiss; to suspend; to quit; to finish
罢 / 罷 [ba]
(final particle, same as 吧)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (19)
罢了 [bàle] #1,893
a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
罢工 [bàgōng] #6,814
a strike
也罢 [yěbà] #15,904
(reduplicated) whether... or...
罢休 [bàxiū] #9,089
to give up
罢免 [bàmiǎn] #40,752
to remove sb from their post
罢手 [bàshǒu] #12,202
to give up
欲罢不能 [yùbàbùnéng] #32,435
want to stop but can't (idiom)
作罢 [zuòbà] #37,752
to drop (subject etc)
善罢甘休 [shànbàgānxiū] #39,490
to leave the matter at that
罢课 [bàkè] #39,907
student strike
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JAPANESE WORDS (19)
⭐ 辞める [やめる] #2,374
to resign
⭐ 止む [やむ] #4,768
to cease
まかり通る [まかりとおる] #28,967
to go unpunished
⭐ 罷免 [ひめん] #40,564
dismissal (from a position)
まかり間違う [まかりまちがう] #44,815
to make a mistake
身罷る [みまかる] #66,615
to pass away
まかり越す [まかりこす] #75,646
to go to
まかり出る [まかりでる] #77,173
to leave
まかり間違えば [まかりまちがえば] #89,595
if things go wrong
罷り [まかり] #92,220
emphatic verbal prefix
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KOREAN WORDS (2)