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掰 - Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 64, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹手金竹手 (HQCHQ) or 手金竹手 (QCHQ), four-corner 22550, composition手)

  1. (Cantonese) to tear, to rip

掰 - Chinese

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Glyph origin

Old Chinese
*peːɡs
*beːɡs, *preːɡ
*beːɡs
*peɡs
*pʰeɡs
*beɡs
*preːɡ
*preːɡ
*preːɡ, *pʰreːɡ
*preːɡ
*breːɡ, *peːɡ
*peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ
*peɡ
*peɡ
*peɡ
*peɡ
*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
*pʰeɡ, *peːɡ
*beɡ
*beɡ
*beɡ
*peːɡ
*peːɡ
*pʰeːɡ
*pʰeːɡ
*pʰeːɡ
*pʰeːɡ
*beːɡ
鷿 *beːɡ
*mbeːɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : + + , separation between two hands. A character of very recent[vague] creation.

Pronunciation

  • Old Chinese
    • (Zhengzhang): /*preːɡ/

Definitions

  1. to break apart with both hands
  2. to bend
  3. to argue
  4. to break up, to end a relationship

Compounds

  • 分斤掰兩分斤掰两
  • 分金掰兩分金掰两
  • 掰文兒掰文儿
  • 掰謊掰谎
  • 掰開掰开 (bāikāi)
  • 掰開揉碎掰开揉碎

掰 - Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: bài

Meaning and Definition of 掰
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