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拨

bō

HSK 6 Character Traditional 撥

What 拨 means

1. to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc
2. to dial
3. to allocate
4. to set aside (money)
5. to poke (the fire)
6. to pluck (a string instrument)
7. to turn round
8. classifier: group, batch

Example sentences

• 莎米拨打了客服热线。
  Sami called the customer service line.
• 对不起，我拨错了号码。
  Duìbuqǐ, wǒ bō cuò le hàomǎ.
  I'm sorry, I dialed the wrong number.
• 我拨打了Tom的号码。
  Wǒ bōdǎ le T om de hàomǎ.
  I dialed Tom's number.
• 若有火警，拨打119。
  In case of fire, dial 119.
• 你确定你拨对号码了吗？
  Are you sure you dialed the right number?
• 遇到火警时，拨打119。
  In case of fire, dial 119.

Words starting with 拨

• 拨打bō dǎto call; to dial
• 拨通bō tōngto get through to sb on the phone
• 拨款bō kuǎnto allocate funds; appropriation
• 拨开bō kāito push aside; to part; to brush away
• 拨号bō hàoto dial a telephone number
• 拨弄bō nòngto move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc); to fiddle with; to stir up
• 拨动bō dòngto stir; to prod; to poke
• 拨乱反正bō luàn fǎn zhèngbring order out of chaos; set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder
• 拨付bō fùto disburse (money)
• 拨出bō chūto pull out; to allocate (funds); to dial
• 拨子bō ziplectrum
• 拨接bō jiēdial-up (Internet connection)
• 拨正bō zhèngto set right; to correct
• 拨片bō piànpick; plectrum
• 拨用bō yòngappropriation
• 拨空bō kòngto make time
• 拨转bō zhuǎnto turn; to turn around; to transfer (funds etc)
• 拨浪鼓bō lang gǔrattle drum; pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either…
• 拨号盘bō hào pántelephone dial
• 拨号音bō hào yīndial tone
• 拨号连接bō hào lián jiēdial-up connection; dial-up networking
• 拨云见日bō yún jiàn rìlit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice
• 拨奏bō zòupizzicato
• 拨火棍bō huǒ gùnstick or rod used to tend a fire

Words containing 拨

• 挑拨tiǎo bōto incite disharmony; to instigate
• 点拨diǎn bōto give instructions; to give advice
• 撩拨liáo bōto provoke; to tease
• 划拨huà bōto assign; to allocate; to transfer (money to an account)
• 调拨diào bōto send (products); to allocate; to commit (funds)
• 弹拨tán bōto pluck (a string)
• 弹拨乐tán bō yuèplucked string music
• 弹拨乐器tán bō yuè qìplucked string instrument
• 挑拨是非tiǎo bō shì fēito incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people; to tell tales…
• 挑拨离间tiǎo bō lí jiànto sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
• 挑灯拨火tiǎo dēng bō huǒto sow discord; to provoke
• 土拨鼠tǔ bō shǔ(zoology) marmot (in the US, esp. groundhog or woodchuck)
• 一拨儿yī bō rgroup of people
• 四两拨千斤sì liǎng bō qiān jīn(lit.) four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom)…

Characters that look like 拨

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

• 彼bǐthat; those; (one) another
• 坡pōslope; sloping; slanted
• 扰rǎoto disturb
• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 披pīto drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll
• 拔báto pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction

Sounds the same

Read bō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 播(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc)…
• 波wave; ripple; storm
• 剥to peel; to skin; to flay
• 钵small earthenware plate or basin; a monk's alms bowl; Sanskrit paatra
• 般used in 般若
• 啵(onomatopoeia) to bubble
• 菠spinach
• 砵alms bowl
• 盋obscure variant of 钵
• 饽cake; biscuit
• 嶓name of a mountain
• 癶Kangxi radical 105, known as 登字头