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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

拨

bō

to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc

02

to dial

03

to allocate

04

to set aside (money)

05

to poke (the fire)

06

to pluck (a string instrument)

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 拨

What does 拨 mean in Chinese?

拨 (bō) means to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc.

How do you pronounce 拨?

拨 is pronounced bō.

Is 拨 an HSK word?

拨 is on the HSK 7-9 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

What part of speech is 拨?

拨 is used as a 动词 / 量词 (verb / measure word) in Chinese.

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