掰(bāi)

HSK 7-912 strokes

to break off or break open sth with one's hands

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Character information

Pinyin
bāi
Meaning
to break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship)
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 掰 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿲手分手

To tear something 分 with both hands 手

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

手shǒu分fēn

Parts are arranged three parts across.

How to write 掰 step by step

12 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 掰

Common words using 掰 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jiǎ假bāi掰

(Tw) affected; pretentious; to put on a display of histrionics (from Taiwan…

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bāi掰wān弯

to bend; (slang) to turn a straight person gay

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bāi掰chě扯

to debate; to dispute; to wrangle (dialect)

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bāi掰kāi开

to pull apart

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niú牛bāi掰

see 牛屄[niu2 bi1] (euphemistic synonym of 牛屄[niu2 bi1])

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丁丐丘丙丛丝丫丸

From 掰’s common words

假弯扯开牛

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