掰 — Chinese character
掰
bāi
to rip, to tear
- Pinyin
- bāi
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 手 分 手
- Formation
- ideographic — To tear something 分 with both hands 手
Common words with 掰
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掰开 (掰開) | bāi kāi | to pull apart; to pry open with the hands |
| 掰掰 | bāi bāi | bye-bye (loanword) (Tw) |
| 瞎掰 | xiā bāi | (coll.) to talk nonsense; to fool around |
| 掰腕子 | bāi wàn zi | arm wrestling |
| 假掰 | gēi bāi | (Tw) affected; pretentious; to put on a display of histrionics (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ké-pai]) |
| 分星掰两 (分星掰兩) | fēn xīng bāi liǎng | punctilious; clear and detailed |
| 掰弯 (掰彎) | bāi wān | to bend; (slang) to turn a straight person gay |
| 掰手腕 | bāi shǒu wàn | arm wrestling |
| 掰扯 | bāi che | to debate; to dispute |
| 掰直 | bāi zhí | to straighten; (slang) to turn a gay person straight |
| 掰开揉碎 (掰開揉碎) | bāi kāi róu suì | lit. to pull apart and knead to a pulp; fig. to analyze minutely from every angle |
| 机掰 (機掰) | jī bāi | variant of 鸡掰 (jī bāi) |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.