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扒
pá
1. to rake up
2. to steal
3. to braise
4. to crawl
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 (8)

扒手
páshǒu
pickpocket
扒灰
páhuī
incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law
扒犁
pálí
sledge
扒窃
páqiè
to steal
扒糕
págāo
buckwheat pudding (snack of buckwheat noodles with sauce)
猪扒
zhūpá
see [[豬排|猪排<zhūpái>]]
鸡扒
jīpá
see [[雞排|鸡排<jīpái>]]
扒高踩低
págāocǎidī
crawl high, step low (idiom); unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors

Alternate Entries

扒
bā
to hold on to / to cling to / to dig up / to rake / to push aside / to climb / to pull out / to strip off
HSK 6

Metadata

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