撇
In Mandarin Chinese, 撇 (piē) means “to fling aside; to toss away”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.
Meaning
- to fling aside
- to toss away
Other readings: piě — to throw; to cast
Stroke order
Examples
- 请把汤上面的浮沫撇掉。Please skim off the foam floating on the soup.
Characters
撇
to throw; to cast