扒

2 readings · tap one to hear it

to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 meaning “hand” + 八 sound ( bā )

Components 扌八

pick pockets · Heisig RSH #1827

fingers + 八 eight

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
吃里扒外	chī lǐ pá wài	(idiom) to work against the interests of sb one derives support from; to double-cross one'…
扒头儿	bā tou r	handhold (to pull oneself up)
周扒皮	Zhōu bā pí	Zhou the exploiter, archetypal character in short story 半夜雞叫\|半夜鸡叫[ban4 ye4 ji1 jiao4]
扒拉	bā la	(coll.) to push lightly; to flick to one side; to get rid of
扒拉	pá la	(coll.) to push food from one's bowl into one's mouth with chopsticks (usu. hurriedly)
扒手	pá shǒu	pickpocket
扒开	bā kāi	to pry open or apart; to spread (sth) open with both hands
扒车	bā chē	to pull oneself up onto a moving vehicle
扒皮	bā pí	to flay; to skin; (fig.) to exploit; to take advantage of
鸡扒	jī pá	see 雞排\|鸡排[ji1 pai2]
牛扒	niú pá	(dialect) beef steak
扒屋牵牛	bā wū qiān niú	to sack the home and lead off the cattle (proverb); to strip of everything
扒灰	pá huī	incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law
扒高踩低	pá gāo cǎi dī	crawl high, step low (idiom); unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampl…
扒饭	pá fàn	to push food into one's mouth using chopsticks while holding one's bowl up to one's mouth
猪扒	zhū pá	see 豬排\|猪排[zhu1 pai2]
煎牛扒	jiān niú bā	beef steak
揪心扒肝	jiū xīn bā gān	(idiom) extremely anxious; anguished
扒钉	bā dīng	cramp
煎猪扒	jiān zhū bā	pork steak

Characters sharing the sound component 八 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
八 sound part	bā	eight; all around, all sides
办	bàn	to set up; to manage, to run; to deal with, to handle
叭	bā	trumpet
趴	pā	prone, lying down, leaning over