Meaning:

    “贴” means to “post,” and “吧” is the transliteration of the English “bar.” A Chinese social platform under the banner of Internet giant Baidu, the “online post bar” is a popular online forum.

    Example:

    A: 你用百度贴吧吗？

    Nǐ yòng bǎidù tiēbā ma?

    Do you use the Baidu post bar?

    B: 用啊，我常去的有几个明星的贴吧，还有爬山健身的贴吧。

    Yòng a, wǒ chángqù de yǒu jǐgè míngxīng de tiēbā, háiyǒu páshān jiànshēn de tiēbā。

    Yeah. I often go to a few celebrity’s forums and forums themed on hiking and exercising.

    A: 不过贴吧也有广告吧？

    Bùguò tiēbā yě yǒu guǎnggào ba?

    Do they have ads at post bars?

    B: 当然，现在随便什么网都有广告的。

    Dāngrán, xiànzài suíbiàn shénme wǎng dōu yǒu guǎnggào de。

    Sure. Ads pop up on any given website nowadays.