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掰

Character

掰 bāi

HSK 7–9Character

to break something into pieces with your hands

Radical
手
Strokes
12
Structure
Left–middle–right
Parts
手 分
Traditional
掰
Frequency
#3558 most common character
Practice writing

Meaning

bāi

bai1
  1. to break something into pieces with your hands
  2. to end a friendship; to stop being friends

Examples

  • 我把面包掰成两半。

    wǒ bǎ miàn bāo bāi chéng liǎng bàn

    I broke the bread in half.

    AI-generated sentence

  • 他们掰了，现在不是朋友了。

    tā men bāi le xiàn zài bú shì péng you le

    They ended their friendship and are not friends now.

    AI-generated sentence

Stroke order

All 12 strokes

Speed

Practice writing 掰

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Words with 掰

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掰开bāi kāito pull apartWord掰弯bāi wānto bendWord掰扯bāi cheto debateWord掰掰bāi bāibye-bye (loanword) (Tw)Word掰直bāi zhíto straightenWord掰手腕bāi shǒu wànarm wrestlingWord掰腕子bāi wàn ziarm wrestlingWord掰开揉碎bāi kāi róu suìlit. to pull apart and knead to a pulpWord假掰gēi bāi(Tw) affected; pretentious; to put on a display of histrionics (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ké-pai])Word
机掰jī bāi(Tw) (vulgar) cunt (from Taiwanese 膣屄, Tai-lo pr. [tsi-bai])Variant of 鸡掰WordUnreviewed
牛掰niú bāi(slang) (vulgar) awesome; badassSee 牛屄WordUnreviewed
瞎掰xiā bāi(coll.) to talk nonsenseWord

Same radical 手

All characters with 手 →
手shǒu擊jī拿ná承chéng拜bài摩mó掌zhǎng拳quán擎qíng攀pān挚zhì摯zhì