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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

WordPinyinMeaning
掰开 (掰開)bāi kāito pull apart; to pry open with the hands
掰掰bāi bāibye-bye (loanword) (Tw)
瞎掰xiā bāi(coll.) to talk nonsense; to fool around
掰腕子bāi wàn ziarm 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 liǎngpunctilious; clear and detailed
掰弯 (掰彎)bāi wānto bend; (slang) to turn a straight person gay
掰手腕bāi shǒu wànarm wrestling
掰扯bāi cheto debate; to dispute
掰直bāi zhíto straighten; (slang) to turn a gay person straight
掰开揉碎 (掰開揉碎)bāi kāi róu suìlit. to pull apart and knead to a pulp; fig. to analyze minutely from every angle
机掰 (機掰)jī bāivariant 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.

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