Chinese word dictionary

也罢

yě bà · (reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)

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Word information

Simplified也罢

Traditional也罷

Pinyinyě bà

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Character breakdown

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也yě

also, too

罢bà

to cease, to finish, to stop, to quit

How to learn 也罢

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也yě

also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]; surname Ye

也许yěxǔ

perhaps; maybe

也好yěhǎo

that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ...

罢工bàgōng

a strike; to go on strike

罢了bàle

a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)

罢免bàmiǎn

to remove sb from their post; to dismiss