ရပ်
rap/jaʔ/
To say stop in Burmese, use ရပ် (rap).
The verb refers to the act of not continuing an action or movement.
Meaning: not to continue (verb)
Which one should you use?
While ရပ် is the basic verb, you can use different forms to change the tone. ရပ်လိုက်တော့ is a colloquial construction used to tell someone to stop an action immediately, often in a more forceful way. ရပ်ပါ is the polite version used to say 'please stop'.
How does it change in a sentence?
Adding the particle ပါ (pa) to the end of the verb to create ရပ်ပါ makes the command polite.
How do you pronounce it?
/jaʔ/
Did you know?
- The word for 'stop' is related to the Dzongkha word ཞབས, which refers to 'leg' or 'foot'.
- The word ရပ် can mean both 'stop' and 'stand'. Because of this, the same word is used to describe a bus stop and the act of standing still.
- Because ရပ် implies a cessation of movement, it is often used in Burmese legal terms to describe a 'stay' of proceedings or a 'suspension'.
Examples in context
- ရပ်!Stop!This sentence shows how to use the command ရပ်.Tatoeba #8273970 by sithu015, translation #448320 by CM
- ကား ရပ်ပါ။kar yat par.Stop the car.
- အလုပ် ရပ်လိုက်ပြီ။a lote yat lite pyi.The work has stopped.
Example conversation
A man is working on a machine that is making too much noise.
- နှင်းနှင်း Hnin Hninအသံက အရမ်းကျယ်လို့ စက်ကို ရပ်လိုက်ပါ။a than ka a yan kye lo set ko yat lite par.The noise is too loud, so stop the machine.
- ဇော်ဇော် Zaw Zawဟုတ်ကဲ့၊ အခုပဲ ရပ်လိုက်ပါ့မယ်။hoat ke, a khu pae yat lite pat mae.Yes, I will stop it right now.
- နှင်းနှင်း Hnin Hninကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်။ အခုမှ အေးသွားတော့တယ်။kyay zu tin bar tal. a khu ma ay thwar taw tal.Thank you. It is finally quiet now.
- ဇော်ဇော် Zaw Zawကျွန်တော် အလုပ် ရပ်လိုက်တာ အဆင်ပြေသွားတာပေါ့။kyan taw a lote yat lite tar a sin pyay thwar dar paw.I'm glad stopping the work helped.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “stop” translations and entries ရပ်, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries ရပ်, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
