⇒ 吧！枪响了。 (Bā! Qiāng xiǎng le.) The gun went off with a crack.
名
bar
动
take a drag (pt took) (pp taken)
⇒ 他吧了一口烟。 (Tā bāle yī kǒu yān.) He took a drag on his cigarette.
吧
(ba)
助
(在句尾表示建议)
⇒ 我们回家吧。 (Wǒmen huíjiā ba.) Let's go home.
⇒ 吃吧! (Chī ba!) Eat!
⇒ 再想想吧。 (Zài xiǎngxiǎng ba.) Think about it again.
(在句尾表示对推测的肯定)
⇒ 你听说了吧? (Nǐ tīngshuōle ba?) You may have heard about this.
⇒ 他明天走吧? (Tā míngtiān zǒu ba?) Is he leaving tomorrow?
Adding 吧 (ba) at the end of a sentence forms a suggestion, e.g. 我们走吧。 (Wǒmen zǒu ba.) (Let's go). But adding 吗 (ma) at the end of a sentence forms a question, e.g. 我们走吗？ (Wǒmen zǒu ma?) (Shall we go?).