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掰

bāi
HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9HSK 2.0 · Level 6

In Mandarin Chinese, 掰 (bāi) means “to break off with one's hands”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

Meaning

  1. to break off with one's hands

Stroke order

Examples

  • 她把面包掰成两半分给我。
    Tā bǎ miànbāo bāi chéng liǎng bàn fēn gěi wǒ.
    She broke the bread in half and gave me one half.

Characters

掰
bāi
to break off or break open sth with one's hands; to break off (a relationship)