HSK 5 · Places

酒吧 jiǔbā “bar” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 酒吧 means

  1. bar
  2. pub
  3. bar (place to buy drinks)

Measure word 家 jiā · 一家酒吧 yì jiā jiǔbā

How to say 酒吧

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale酒jiǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale吧bā1st tone, high and level

酒吧 in a sentence

  1. 在转角有一家酒吧。

    Zài zhuǎnjiǎo yǒu yì jiā jiǔbā.

    There’s a pub just around the corner.

    Sentence #797024 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我跟我朋友常常去酒吧。

    Wǒ gēn wǒ péngyou chángcháng qù jiǔbā.

    My friends and I often go to the pub.

    Sentence #1173001 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 做餐馆服务员啊、酒吧招待员啊，都可以。

    Zuò cānguǎn fúwùyuán a, jiǔbā zhāodàiyuán a, dōu kěyǐ.

    You could work as a waiter in a restaurant or as a bartender – either is fine.

    Sentence #421008 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 酒吧 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 酒 (jiǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
酒jiǔwine
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 酉wine vessel · yǒu

Memory aidLiquid 氵 beside a wine jar 酉: alcohol.

The character 吧 (ba) with each of its parts in a different colour
吧bābar
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 巴to desire · bāSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 巴 (bā) hints at the sound. Compare it with bā.

How to write 酒吧

酒 10 strokes · 吧 7 strokes

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酒吧 (jiǔbā) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 酒吧 (jiǔbā). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 酒吧

Words with 酒

酒店jiǔdiàn · hotel酒jiǔ · alcohol啤酒píjiǔ · beer酗酒xùjiǔ · to drink heavily酒精jiǔjīng · alcohol

Words with 吧

吧ba · suggestion particle

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FAQs

酒吧 (jiǔbā) means “bar” or “pub”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiǔbā: jiǔ with a 3rd tone, then bā with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 酒吧 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 家 (jiā). For example, one bar is 一家酒吧 (yì jiā jiǔbā).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiuba with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 酒吧 from the suggestions. Typing jiuba into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
酒吧 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.