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撇

piē

HSK 6 Character

What 撇 means

1. to cast away
2. to fling aside

Other readings

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

• piěto throw; to cast; left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)

Example sentences

• 我是左撇子。
  Wǒ shì zuǒpiězi.
  I'm left-handed.
• 提姆是左撇子。
  Tímǔ shì zuǒpiězi.
  Tim is a lefty.
• 汤姆是左撇子。
  Tom is a lefty.
• Tim写字像个左撇子。
  T im xiězì xiàng gè zuǒpiězi.
  Tim writes left-handed.
• 这把剪刀左右撇子都适用。
  Zhè bǎ jiǎndāo zuǒyòu piē zǐ dōu shìyòng.
  These scissors are suitable for left and right-handed people.
• 撇开费用不说，建这座桥也会耗费不少的时间。
  Piēkāi fèiyòng bù shuō, jiàn zhè zuò qiáo yě huì hàofèi bù shǎo de shíjiān.
  Apart from the cost, it will take long to build the bridge.

Words starting with 撇

• 撇嘴piě zuǐto curl one's lip; to twitch one's mouth
• 撇开piē kāito disregard; to leave aside
• 撇下piē xiato cast away
• 撇去piē qùskim
• 撇掉piē diàoto skim froth or foam from the surface of a liquid
• 撇条piě tiáo(slang) to go to the toilet
• 撇步piě bù(Taiwan) trick (of the trade); clever move (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [phiat-pōo])
• 撇清piē qīngto say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasize one is…
• 撇号piě hàoapostrophe
• 撇大条piě dà tiáo(slang) to take a dump

Words containing 撇

• 右撇子yòu piě ziright-hander
• 左撇子zuǒ piě zileft-hander
• 八字没一撇bā zì méi yī piělit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八…
• 八字还没一撇bā zì hái méi yī piělit. not even the first stroke of the character 八; fig. things have not even gotten…
• 八字还没一撇儿bā zì hái méi yī piě rlit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八…

Characters built on 敝

These share the phonetic component 敝 (bì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 憋biēto choke; to stifle; to restrain
• 瞥piēto shoot a glance; glance; to appear in a flash
• 蹩biéto limp; to sprain (an ankle or wrist); to move carefully, as if evading a danger
• 鳖biēsoftshell turtle

Characters that look like 撇

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

• 微wēitiny; miniature; slightly
• 嫩nènyoung and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked; (of color) light
• 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 撅juēto protrude; to stick out; to pout (also written 噘)
• 槌chuímallet; pestle; beetle (for wedging or ramming)
• 璇xuán(jade)

Sounds the same

Read piē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 瞥to shoot a glance; glance; to appear in a flash
• 氕protium 1H; light hydrogen, the most common isotope of hydrogen, having no neutron, so…
• 撆variant of 撇