Chinese symbol for “bar”
吧
bā
bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 贴吧 (tiē bā)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bar is 吧 (bā), defined as: bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 贴吧 (tiē bā).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “bar”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 酒吧 | jiǔ bā | bar (place to buy drinks); measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 单杠 (單槓) | dān gàng | bar; bold line |
| 条形 (條形) | tiáo xíng | a bar; a strip |
| 酒廊 | jiǔ láng | bar |
| 柜台 (櫃檯) | guì tái | sales counter; front desk; bar; (of financial trading, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吧.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 酒吧 | jiǔ bā | bar (place to buy drinks); measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 网吧 (網吧) | wǎng bā | Internet café |
| 吧台 | bā tái | counter of a bar (pub) |
| 吧唧 | bā jī | (onom.) squishing sound; (ACG) character badge (loanword from Japanese) |
| 吧嗒 | bā da | (onom.) patter, splatter, click; to smack one's lips |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bar”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.