Dictionary › 扒

扒

bā

HSK 6 Character

What 扒 means

1. to peel
2. to skin
3. to tear
4. to pull down
5. to cling to (sth on which one is climbing)
6. to dig

Other readings

扒 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• páto rake up; to steal; to braise

Example sentences

• 小心扒手。
  Xiǎoxīn páshǒu.
  Look out for pickpockets.
• 这里要小心扒手。
  Zhèlǐ yào xiǎoxīn páshǒu.
  Beware of pickpockets here.
• 我的信用卡在地铁上被扒了。
  Wǒ de xìnyòngkǎ zàidì tiě shàng bèi bā le.
  My credit card was stolen on the subway.
• 再惹我生气，小心我扒了你的皮！
  Anger me again, I might just peel your skin off.

Words starting with 扒

• 扒手pá shǒupickpocket
• 扒拉bā la(colloquial) to push lightly; to flick to one side; to get rid of
• 扒开bā kāito pry open or apart; to spread (sth) open with both hands
• 扒窃pá qièto steal; to pick pockets; to frisk
• 扒搂pá louto gather together as with a rake; to shovel food into one's mouth; to eat fast
• 扒灰pá huīincest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law
• 扒皮bā píto flay; to skin; (fig.) to exploit
• 扒糕pá gāobuckwheat pudding (snack of buckwheat noodles with sauce)
• 扒粪pá fènmuckraking; to stir up scandal; to expose (corruption)
• 扒车bā chēto pull oneself up onto a moving vehicle
• 扒钉bā dīngcramp
• 扒饭pá fànto push food into one's mouth using chopsticks while holding one's bowl up to one's mouth
• 扒头儿bā tou rhandhold (to pull oneself up)
• 扒屋牵牛bā wū qiān niúto sack the home and lead off the cattle (proverb); to strip of everything
• 扒高踩低pá gāo cǎi dīcrawl high, step low (idiom); unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and…
• 扒犁pá lívariant of 爬犁

Words containing 扒

• 牛扒niú pá(dialect) beef steak
• 周扒皮Zhōu bā píZhou the exploiter, archetypal character in short story 半夜鸡叫
• 煎牛扒jiān niú bābeef steak
• 煎猪扒jiān zhū bāpork steak
• 吃里扒外chī lǐ pá wài(idiom) to work against the interests of sb one derives support from…
• 揪心扒肝jiū xīn bā gān(idiom) extremely anxious; anguished
• 猪扒zhū pásee 猪排
• 鸡扒jī pásee 鸡排

Characters that look like 扒

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 机jī(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity
• 肌jī(bound form) flesh; muscle

Sounds the same

Read bā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 八eight
• 巴to long for; to wish; to cling to
• 叭denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc)
• 疤scar; scab
• 芭an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辞; used in 芭蕉…
• 吧bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)…
• 笆an article made of bamboo strips; fence
• 峇(used in transliteration)
• 粑a round flat cake (dialect)
• 鲃used in 鲃鱼
• 〨numeral 8 in the Suzhou numeral system 苏州码子
• 丷"eight" component in Chinese characters; old variant of 八