# 把柄 (bǎbǐng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 把柄 (bǎbǐng) means “leverage; handle; weakness”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: leverage; handle; weakness
- Pinyin: bǎbǐng (ba3 bing3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 你千万不要被别人抓住把柄。
  Nǐ qiānwàn búyào bèi biérén zhuāzhù bǎbǐng.
  Make sure you don't give others anything to hold against you.

## Characters

- [把](https://hanziro.com/word/ba-marks-object/) (bǎ): (particle) marks the object; to hold
- 柄 (bǐng): handle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem

https://hanziro.com/word/ba-bing-leverage/

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