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酒吧

jiǔbā

bar

HSK 4 · Topic “City and places”
A person sitting at a counter
Memory picture

Characters in this word

酒 jiǔ

Strokes
10
Radical
酉 — wine
Made of
氵 water 酉 wine
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

吧 ba

Strokes
7
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
口 mouth 巴 to cling
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我们去酒吧。 Wǒmen qù jiǔbā. We are going to a bar.
  • 酒吧人很多。 Jiǔbā rén hěn duō. There are many people in the bar.
  • 他在酒吧唱歌。 Tā zài jiǔbā chànggē. He sings in the bar.

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