掰
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to break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 手 +8
- Structure
- Left–middle–right 左中右
- Traditional
- 掰
- Common rank
- #2,722
- Unicode
- U+63B0
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Words with 掰
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分星掰两 | punctilious; clear and detailed | |
| 机掰 | variant of 雞掰|鸡掰[ji1 bai1] | |
| 掰开 | to pull apart; to pry open with the hands | |
| 鸡掰 | (Tw) (vulgar) cunt (from Taiwanese 膣屄, Tai-lo pr. [tsi-bai]); (slang) to fuck around with;… | |
| 牛掰 | see 牛屄[niu2 bi1] (euphemistic synonym of 牛屄[niu2 bi1]) | |
| 掰直 | to straighten; (slang) to turn a gay person straight | |
| 假掰 | (Tw) affected; pretentious; to put on a display of histrionics (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr.… | |
| 掰腕子 | arm wrestling | |
| 掰手腕 | arm wrestling | |
| 掰开揉碎 | lit. to pull apart and knead to a pulp; fig. to analyze minutely from every angle; to chew… | |
| 闹掰 | (dialect) to have a falling-out (with sb) | |
| 掰扯 | to debate; to dispute; to wrangle (dialect) | |
| 掰弯 | to bend; (slang) to turn a straight person gay | |
| 瞎掰 | (coll.) to talk nonsense; to fool around | |
| 掰掰 | bye-bye (loanword) (Tw) |