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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bō | bo1
English translation
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc
to dial
to allocate
to set aside (money)
to poke (the fire)
to pluck (a string instrument)
to turn round
classifier: group, batch
to stir, to move, to distribute, to allocate

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To dispatch  goods by hand  shǒu

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

扌发

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计数器 jì shù qì dào líng , jiù huì 知道 zhīdào 录音 lùyīn Cóng 哪儿 nǎr 开始 kāishǐ .

Set the counter to zero and you'll know where the recording starts.

tián 在生活中幻化 huàn huà Chéng 种种 zhǒng zhǒng 美丽 měilì de 影像 yǐng xiàng lái 撩拨 liáo bō 我们 wǒmen .

Sweeties change into varieties of shadows to appeal and confuse us.

jiāng wéi de 研究 yánjiū zhǐ 款项 kuǎn xiàng .

I will earmark this money for your research.

yāo de biǎo màn 五分 Zhōng .

I'll set my watch back five minutes.

dāng 斯考 zài zhuō qián wǎng 身后 shēn hòu kào ,开始 kāishǐ 电话号码 de 时候 shíhou , guà zài 墙上 de 锈迹斑驳 bān bó de 手铐 shǒu kào 发出 fā chū dīng 零零 de 响声 xiǎng shēng .

The rusty handcuffs jangled on the wall as Scobie leant back from his desk and dialled.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to dial
拨打 bō dǎ to call撥打
拨款 bō kuǎn to allocate funds撥款
拨号 bō hào to dial a telephone number撥號
划拨 huà bō to assign劃撥
挑拨 tiǎobō to instigate挑撥
拨开 bō kāi to part撥開
土拨鼠 tǔ bō shǔ groundhog土撥鼠
拨付 bō fù appropriate sum of money撥付
调拨 diào bō to allocate調撥
拨乱反正 bō luàn fǎn zhèng bring order out of chaos撥亂反正
挑拨离间 tiǎo bō lí jiàn to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between挑撥離間
拨弄 bō nòng to fiddle with撥弄
点拨 diǎn bō to give advice點撥
撩拨 liáo bō to provoke撩撥
拨云见日 bō yún jiàn rì lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice撥雲見日
拨浪鼓 bō làng gǔ rattle-drum撥浪鼓
拨冗 bō rǒng to find time to do sth in the midst of pressing affairs撥冗
拨动 bō dòng to stir撥動
拨火棍 bō huǒ gùn poker撥火棍
拨转 bō zhuǎn to turn撥轉

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Decomposition

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