拨

To push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc in Chinese: 拨 (bō)

bō

to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 撥1 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

Watch how to write 拨 stroke by stroke.

拨

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄛ

bō

ㄅ/ bㄛ/ o—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

拨

Simplified

撥

Traditional

Example sentences

See 拨 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他拨了一个电话号码。

    tā bō le yí gè diàn huà hào mǎ。

    He dialed a phone number.

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Related words

拨打

bō dǎ

to call

拨款

bō kuǎn

to allocate funds

拨通

bō tōng

to get through to sb on the phone

波及

bō jí

to spread to

波澜

bō lán

billows

波涛

bō tāo

great waves

波折

bō zhé

twists and turns

剥

bāo

to peel

剥夺

bō duó

to deprive

剥削

bō xuē

to exploit

伯伯

bó bo

father's elder brother

伯父

bó fù

father's elder brother

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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