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扒
bā
1. to hold on to
2. to cling to
3. to dig up
4. to rake
5. to push aside
6. to climb
7. to pull out
8. to strip off
HSK 6 Common • Top 6% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

扒
bā
to scratch, to dig up; to crouch, to crawl
HSK 6 5 丶

Compound Words (14)

扒拉
bālā
to push lightly
扒搂
bālōu
to pile together
扒皮
bāpí
to flay
扒粪
bāfèn
muckraking
扒车
bāchē
to pull oneself up onto a moving vehicle
扒钉
bādīng
cramp
扒开
bākāi
to push aside
周扒皮
Zhōubāpí
Zhou the exploiter, archetypal character in short story [[半夜雞叫|半夜鸡叫<bànyèjījiào>]]
扒头儿
bātour
handhold (to pull oneself up)
煎牛扒
jiānniúbā
beef steak
煎猪扒
jiānzhūbā
pork steak
扒屋牵牛
bāwūqiānniú
to sack the home and lead off the cattle (proverb)
揪心扒肝
jiūxīnbāgān
lit. grips the heart, seizes the liver (idiom); fear grips the heart
绷扒吊拷
bèngbādiàokǎo
to strip, tie up, hang and beat sb, an ancient torture technique

Alternate Entries

扒
pá
to rake up / to steal / to braise / to crawl
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
3,120
Word Frequency Rank
5,229 of 84,292

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