罷了

See also: 罢了

Chinese

		(final part.); to stop; cease (final part.); to stop; cease; dismiss; suspend; to quit; to finish	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
trad. (罷了)		罷	了
simp. (罢了)		罢	了

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàliǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa⁶ liu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bā--liáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàliǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàliǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pa⁴-liao³
    • Yale: bà-lyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bahleau
    • Palladius: баляо (baljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa⁶ liu⁵
    • Yale: bah líuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa⁶ liu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba⁶ liu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː²² liːu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bā--liáu
    • Tâi-lô: bā--liáu

Verb

罷了

1. to let pass

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàle, bàliǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˋ ˙ㄌㄜ, ㄅㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa⁶ liu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàle
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ ˙ㄌㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàle̊
    • Wade–Giles: pa⁴-lê⁵
    • Yale: bà-le
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bah.le
    • Palladius: балэ (balɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵¹ lə¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Malaysia)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàliǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàliǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pa⁴-liao³
    • Yale: bà-lyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bahleau
    • Palladius: баляо (baljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa⁶ liu⁵
    • Yale: bah líuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa⁶ liu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba⁶ liu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː²² liːu̯¹³/

Particle

罷了

1. (at the end of a phrase) that's all; only; (there's) nothing more (to it)

Synonyms

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• 云爾 (yún'ěr) (literary)
• 但定 (nā-tiāⁿ) (Min Nan)
• 定定 (Hakka)
• 爾爾 / 尔尔 (niā-niā) (Hokkien)
• 而已 (éryǐ)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		而已, 云爾
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		而已, 罷了
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	罷了
	Taiwan	而已
	Malaysia	罷了
	Singapore	而已
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	罷了
Cantonese	Guangzhou	啫, 咋, 之嘛
	Hong Kong	啫, 咋, 之嘛
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	啫, 之嘛
	Taishan	之嘛, 咋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	之嘛, 逸, 咿
	Enping (Niujiang)	之嘛, 咋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	啫, 之嘛
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	定定
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	定定
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	定定, 定
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	忒等
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	定定
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	定
Southern Min	Xiamen	爾爾, 爾
	Quanzhou	爾爾, 爾
	Zhangzhou	爾爾, 爾
	Tainan	爾爾
	Penang (Hokkien)	爾
	Singapore (Hokkien)	爾, 爾爾
	Jieyang	定

Dialectal synonyms of 而已 (“(sentence-final particle) just; simply”) [map]