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Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 门 |
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1. Simplified form of 門 |
把 |
bǎ, bà, bǎi |
1. to hold; to grasp; to take | |
把握 - to grasp; to control; to master |
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媽媽ma 手把手 教 我 寫字。 (Māma shǒubǎshǒu jiào wǒ xiězì.) - My mom held my hand and taught me to write. |
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2. to control; to dominate |
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把控 (bǎkòng) - to control |
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3. to guard; to have control over |
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把守 (bǎshǒu) - to guard; to defend |
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把門 - to guard a door or gate |
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4. (colloquial) to be close; to be near |
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5. to hold a baby while it relieves itself |
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把尿 (bǎniào) - to hold a baby while it urinates |
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6. (TCM) to feel (for the pulse) |
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我 替 施主 把 把脈。 (Wǒ tì shīzhǔ bǎ bǎmài.) - Let me feel the pulse for you. |
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7. A light verb or preposition placed before the object of a sentence to allow it to be placed before the verb, giving greater flexibility in complex sentence construction. |
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他 把 刀 放 在 桌子zi 上。 (Tā bǎ dāo fàng zài zhuōzi shàng.) - He put the knife on the table. |
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8. Used before a “subject + verb + complement” structure; to cause to; to make |
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真的 把 我 氣死 了！ (Zhēnde bǎ wǒ qìsǐ le!) - It really made me so mad! |
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9. bundle; bunch |
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火把 (huǒbǎ) - torch (stick with a flame on one end) |
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10. handle; knob; grip (a part of an object which is held in the hand) |
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車把 (chēbǎ) - handlebar (of a bicycle) |
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刀把bà (dāobà) - knife handle; hilt |
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11. stem (of a flower, leaf, fruit, etc.) |
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葉把bà兒r (yèbàr) - stem of a leaf |
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三 把 刀 (sān bǎ dāo) - three knives |
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四 把 鉸gaau3剪 - four pairs of scissors |
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一 把 刀囝 (siŏh bā dŏ̤-giāng, ref=(RQ:Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects, 1677) - a pocketknife, MD) |
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兩 把 掃把 (liǎng bǎ sǎobǎ) - two brooms |
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一 把 米 (yī bǎ mǐ) - a handful of rice |
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一 把 韭菜 (yī bǎ jiǔcài) - a bunch of garlic chives |
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點 一 把 火 - to light a fire |
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加 把 勁兒r！ (Jiā bǎ jìnr!) - Make an extra effort! |
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一 把 年紀 |
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幫 你 一 把 (bāng nǐ yī bǎ) - to give you a helping hand |
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過癮\過 把 過癮\癮 - to satisfy a craving |
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打 把 麻將 - to play mahjong |
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玩 兩 把 牌 - to play card games |
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打 幾 把 遊戲 - to play video games |
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汏浴\汏 把 汏浴\浴 (3da+2po+5hhioq, ref=(RQ:Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects, 1675) - to bathe, SH) |
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12. (Xiamen, &, Quanzhou Hokkien) |
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一 把 跤踏車 (chi̍t pé kha-ta̍h-chhia) - a bicycle, MN, ref=(RQ:Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects, 1677) |
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13. Placed after numerals or classifiers to express uncertainty; approximately |
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個 把 月 - approximately a month |
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十 把 日 (sĕk bā nĭk, ref=(RQ:Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects, 1677) - approximately ten days, MD) |
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隻 把 人 (ciă bǎ nêng, ref=(RQ:Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects, 1676) - several people, MB) |
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14. (archaic or dialectal) to give |
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把 壓歲錢 (ba3 'ngat6 sui4 qien2) - to give money (to children) during the Chinese New Year, G |
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把 本 書 你 (ba3 ben3 xy1 nyi3, ref=(RQ:Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects, 1675) - to give you a book, X) |
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把 我 一 本 書 - to give me a book, M-YZ, ref=(RQ:Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects, 1672) |
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15. =====Usage notes===== |
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16. (zh-wp, zh:把字句, en:bǎ construction) |
手 |
shǒu |
1. hand | |
2. expert; master |
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高手 - master |
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3. -ist; -er |
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歌手 - singer |
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4. convenient; handy; portable |
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手機 - mobile phone |
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手冊 - handbook |
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5. handwritten |
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6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling |
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7. (Mainland China Hokkien) |
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8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general) |
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9. (finance) |
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10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively. |
