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掴

guāi

Character Traditional 摑

What 掴 means

1. to slap
2. also pr. guó

Example sentences

• 我掴了他的脸。
  Wǒ guāi le tā de liǎn.
  I slapped his face.
• 她掴了他的脸。
  Tā guāi le tā de liǎn.
  She slapped his face.

Words containing 掴

• 掌掴zhǎng guāito slap (with the palm of the hand)
• 耳掴子ěr guāi zislap

Characters that look like 掴

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

• 描miáoto depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy
• 插chāto insert; stick in; pierce
• 掘juéto dig
• 搁gēto place; to put aside; to shelve
• 捆kǔna bunch; to tie together; bundle
• 绷bēngto draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); (bound form) embroidery hoop

Sounds the same

Read guāi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 乖(of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd