How to Say ‘Softening particle; let's...’ in Simplified Chinese
吧
ba
[bah]
💬 Usage Tip: [吧] softens a suggestion and often makes it sound like "let's" or "how about." Put it at the end: [走吧] "let's go," [我们也过去吧] "let's go over too."
Phrase Breakdown
吧
ba
[bah]
let's; suggestion particle
A sentence-final particle often used to soften a suggestion.
我们现在过去吧。
Let’s go over there now.
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