扒

扒

扒 U+6252, 扒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6252 ← 扑 [U+6251] CJK Unified Ideographs 打 → [U+6253]

Translingual

Han character

扒 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 手金 (QC), four-corner 5800₀, composition ⿰扌八)

References

• KangXi: page 417, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11780
• Dae Jaweon: page 763, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1827, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6252

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (八) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
扒	*preːds, *preːd, *pred
八	*preːd
𩡩	*preːd
朳	*preːd
玐	*preːd
釟	*preːd
汃	*pʰreːd, *prɯn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *preːds, *preːd, *pred) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 八 (OC *preːd).

Pronunciation 1

trad.		扒
simp. #		扒

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bā (ba¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³
• Min Nan (POJ): pat / peh / pa / pha / pá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ba
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹
    • Yale: bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba
    • Palladius: ба (ba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³
    • Yale: baat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat
    • Tâi-lô: pat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pat̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh
    • Tâi-lô: peh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /peʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa
    • Tâi-lô: pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pa³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pha
    • Tâi-lô: pha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰa⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pá
    • Tâi-lô: pá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: par
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁵³/

Note:

• pat - literary;
• peh - vernacular;
• pa/pha/pá - vernacular (俗).

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠɛi^H/

Rime
Character	扒
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	博怪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/pɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pəɨjH/
Li Rong	/pɛiH/
Wang Li	/pɐiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/păiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*preːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扒
Reading #	1/3
No.	88
Phonetic component	八
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𢷎
Old Chinese	/*preːds/

Definitions

扒

1. to hold on to; to cling to
2. to dig up; to tear down
3. to push aside
4. to strip off; to take off

Compounds

扒拉 (bāla) 扒皮 (bāpí) 扒帶／扒带 (bādài)

扒矸機／扒矸机 扒礦機／扒矿机 扒車／扒车 (bāchē)

扒頭／扒头 (bātou) 電扒子／电扒子

Pronunciation 2

trad.		扒
simp. #		扒
alternative forms		爬 Teochew "to scratch"

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pá (pa²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paa⁴
• Min Dong (BUC): bà
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pâ / pê / phâ / pha / pa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bê⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): bo (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pá
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pá
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa²
    • Yale: pá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: par
    • Palladius: па (pa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: paa⁴
    • Yale: pàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pa⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâ
    • Tâi-lô: pâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pa²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pê
    • Tâi-lô: pê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe²³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phâ
    • Tâi-lô: phâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰa¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /pʰa²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pha
    • Tâi-lô: pha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa
    • Tâi-lô: pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pa³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pe⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: bo (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥o²³/

Definitions

扒

1. to gather up; to rake up
2. to pickpocket
3. to braise
4. to climb
5. to lie prone; to crouch down
6. (regional) to scratch

   會癢袂？有扒無？ [Hokkien, trad.]
   会痒袂？有扒无？ [Hokkien, simp.]

   From: 2004, Derrick Lian (medicus.tk), 'Excue Me, U Spik Inglish?'

   Ē chiūⁿ bōe? Ū pê bô? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Does it itch? Do you scratch?

Synonyms

• (to scratch):

Dialectal synonyms of 搔 (“to scratch (an itch)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		搔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		搔, 撓
Mandarin	Taiwan	搔, 抓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𢯎, 搲
	Hong Kong	𢯎, 搲
	Taishan	搲
Hakka	Meixian	搲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	爪
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	爪
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	爪
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	爪
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	爪
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	爪
Min Dong	Fuzhou	扒
Min Nan	Xiamen	扒
	Quanzhou	扒
	Zhangzhou	扒
	Tainan	扒
	Singapore (Hokkien)	扒
	Manila (Hokkien)	扒
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	扒
Wu	Wenzhou	抓

Compounds

扒手 (páshǒu) 扒拉 (pála)

扒犁 扒糕

扒滅／扒灭 扒竊／扒窃 (páqiè)

See also

• 燉／炖 (dùn)
• 燴／烩 (huì)
• 蒸 (zhēng)

Pronunciation 3

trad.		扒
simp. #		扒

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bié (bie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bié
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bié
    • Wade–Giles: pieh²
    • Yale: byé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bye
    • Palladius: бе (be)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: paa¹
    • Yale: pā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠiᴇt̚/

Rime
Character	扒
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	仙 (83)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	方别切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/piæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piat̚/
Li Rong	/pjɛt̚/
Wang Li	/pĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bit3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pred/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扒
Reading #	3/3
No.	96
Phonetic component	八
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	䇷
Old Chinese	/*pred/

Definitions

扒

1. to divide

Pronunciation 4

trad.		扒
simp. #		扒

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bài (bai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bài
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bài
    • Wade–Giles: pai⁴
    • Yale: bài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bay
    • Palladius: бай (baj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠat̚/

Rime
Character	扒
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	山 (71)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	博拔切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠat̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚat̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨt̚/
Li Rong	/pat̚/
Wang Li	/pat̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/păt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ba
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baat3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*preːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扒
Reading #	2/3
No.	94
Phonetic component	八
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	八
Old Chinese	/*preːd/
Notes	詩拜字異文

Definitions

扒

1. to pull up
2. to rescue

Pronunciation 5

trad.		扒
simp. #		扒

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pá (pa²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paa^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pá
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pá
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa²
    • Yale: pá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: par
    • Palladius: па (pa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: paa^4-2
    • Yale: pá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paa^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: pa^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː²¹⁻³⁵/

Definitions

扒

1. (chiefly Cantonese) steak; slab of meat

Compounds

扒房 火腿扒 牛扒 (niúpá)

羊扒 (yángpá) 漢堡扒／汉堡扒 (hànbǎopá) 豬扒／猪扒 (zhūpá)

鋸扒／锯扒 雞扒／鸡扒

Synonyms

• 士的 (shìdí), 排 (pái)

Pronunciation 6

For pronunciation and definitions of 扒 – see 趴 (“to lie on one's stomach; to rest one's upper body on a surface; etc.”). (This character, 扒, is a variant form of 趴.)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01500
• “扒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

扒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. scratch
2. dig up
3. crawl, crouch

Readings

From Middle Chinese 扒 (MC pˠɛi^H, “dig up, excavate”):

• Go-on: はい (hai)
• Kan-on: はい (hai)
• Kun: さばく (sabaku, 扒く); ぬく (nuku, 扒く)

From Middle Chinese 扒 (MC pˠat̚) and 扒 (MC pˠiᴇt̚):

• Go-on: はち (hachi)
• Kan-on: はつ (hatsu)

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Korean

Hanja

扒 • (bae) (hangeul 배)

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Vietnamese

Han character

扒: Hán Nôm readings: bắt, bái, bát, bớt, bít, vát, xẹp

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