把

把	U+628A, 把 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-628A

← 抉
[U+6289]

CJK Unified Ideographs

抋 →
[U+628B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

把 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手日山 (QAU), four-corner 5701₇, composition ⿰扌巴)

References

KangXi: page 420, character 21

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11874

Dae Jaweon: page 768, character 1

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1845, character 4

Unihan data for U+628A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		把

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
巴	*praː
芭	*praː
笆	praː, braːʔ
豝	*praː
鈀	praː, pʰraː
吧	praː, pʰraː
蚆	praː, pʰraː
疤	*praː
把	*praːʔ
爸	praːs, baʔ
弝	*praːs
靶	*praːs
葩	*pʰraː
舥	*pʰraː
妑	*pʰraː
帊	*pʰraːs
琶	*braː
爬	*braː
杷	braː, braːs, *braːs
跁	braːʔ, braːs
耙	*braːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *praːʔ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 巴 (OC *praː).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bǎ, bà, bǎi (ba³, ba⁴, bai³)
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˇ, ㄅㄚˋ, ㄅㄞˇ
(Chengdu, SP): ba³
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ба (ba, I) / ба (ba, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): baa², baa³
(Taishan, Wiktionary): ba²
Gan (Wiktionary): ba³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pá
(Meixian, Guangdong): ba³
Jin (Wiktionary): ba²
Min Bei (KCR): bǎ
Min Dong (BUC): bā / bá
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): pé / pée / pá / pà
(Teochew, Peng'im): bê² / ba²
Wu (Wiktionary): po (T2); pa (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): ba³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎ
  - Wade–Giles: pa³
  - Yale: bǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baa
  - Palladius: ба (ba)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (把兒／把儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎr
  - Wade–Giles: parh³
  - Yale: bǎr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baal
  - Palladius: бар (bar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑɻ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bà
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bà
  - Wade–Giles: pa⁴
  - Yale: bà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bah
  - Palladius: ба (ba)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (把兒／把儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàr
  - Wade–Giles: parh⁴
  - Yale: bàr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ball
  - Palladius: бар (bar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑɻ⁵¹/
- (Beijing dialect)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎi
  - Wade–Giles: pai³
  - Yale: bǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bae
  - Palladius: бай (baj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴/

Note:

bǎ - all senses except “stem”;
bà - “handle; stem”;
bǎi - preposition.

- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ba³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: baa
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ба (ba, I) / ба (ba, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²⁴/, /pa⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

Note: ба1 - the special word to reverse the word order, ба3 - handle (noun).

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa², baa³
  - Yale: bá, ba
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa², baa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba², ba³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː³⁵/, /paː³³/

Note:

baa3 - rare variant for “handle; stem”.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ba²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ba³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pá
  - Hakka Romanization System: ba`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ba³
  - Sinological IPA: /pa³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ba³
  - Sinological IPA: /pa³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ba²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pa⁵³/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǎ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bā / bá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa³³/, /pɑ²¹³/

Note:

bā - “to hold; handle; classifier”;
bá - “handle”.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pé
  - Tâi-lô: pé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pea
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pe⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pe⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pée
  - Tâi-lô: pée
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pá
  - Tâi-lô: pá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: par
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pa⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /pa⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pà
  - Tâi-lô: pà
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pax
  - IPA (Taipei): /pa¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa²¹/

Note:

pé/pée - vernacular;
pá - literary;
pà - used in 遏手把.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bê² / ba²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pé / pá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pe⁵²/, /pa⁵²/

Note:

bê2 - vernacular;
ba2 - literary.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: po (T2); pa (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po³⁴/, /pa̱³⁴/

Note:

2po - vernacular;
2pa - literary.

Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ba³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: /pˠa^X/

Rime
Character	把
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	愽下切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠa^X/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚa^X/
Shao Rongfen	/pa^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨ^X/
Li Rong	/pa^X/
Wang Li	/pa^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/pa^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǎ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baa²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤraʔ/
(Zhengzhang): /*praːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	把
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bǎ
Middle Chinese	‹ pæ^X ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁraʔ/
English	grasp (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	把
Reading #	1/1
No.	105
Phonetic component	巴
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	把
Old Chinese	/*praːʔ/

Definitions

把

to hold; to grasp; to take
媽媽手把手教我寫字。 [MSC, trad.]
妈妈手把手教我写字。 [MSC, simp.]
Māma shǒubǎshǒu jiào wǒ xiězì. [Pinyin]
My mom held my hand and taught me to write.
- 縱有健婦把鋤犁，禾生隴畝無東西。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  纵有健妇把锄犁，禾生陇亩无东西。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 8th century, 杜甫 (Du Fu), 《兵車行》 (The Army Wagons: A Ballad); translated by Stephen Owen
  Zòng yǒu jiànfù bǎ chúlí, hé shēng lǒngmǔ wú dōngxī. [Pinyin]
  Even though there are sturdy wives to hold the hoe and plow, the grain grows on the field boundary slopes and one can’t tell east from west.
to control; to dominate
把控 ― bǎkòng ― to control
to guard; to have control over
把守 ― bǎshǒu ― to guard; to defend
把握 ― bǎwò ― to grasp; to control; to master
(colloquial) to be close; to be near
to hold a baby while it relieves itself
把尿 ― bǎniào ― to hold a baby while it urinates
(traditional Chinese medicine) to feel (for the pulse)
我替施主把把脈。／我替施主把把脉。 ― Wǒ tì shīzhǔ bǎ bǎmài. ― Let me feel the pulse for you.
A light verb or preposition placed before the object of a sentence to allow it to be placed before the verb, giving greater flexibility in complex sentence construction.
他把刀放在桌子上。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Tā bǎ dāo fàng zài zhuōzi shàng. [Pinyin]
He put the knife on the table.
Used before a “subject + verb + complement” structure; to cause to; to make
真的把我氣死了！／真的把我气死了！ ― Zhēnde bǎ wǒ qìsǐ le! ― It really made me so mad!
bundle; bunch
火把 ― huǒbǎ ― torch (stick with a flame on one end)
handle; knob; grip (a part of an object which is held in the hand)
車把／车把 ― chēbǎ ― handlebar (of a bicycle)
刀把 ― dāobà ― knife handle; hilt
stem (of a flower, leaf, fruit, etc.)
葉把兒／叶把儿 ― yèbàr ― stem of a leaf
Classifier for objects that can be held using handles or knobs, such as guns, chairs, brooms, or umbrellas. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
三把刀 ― sān bǎ dāo ― three knives
四把鉸剪／四把铰剪 [Cantonese] ― sei³ baa² gaau³ zin² [Jyutping] ― four pairs of scissors
一把刀囝 [Min Dong, trad. and simp.]
From: 2002, 李榮／李荣 (Li Rong), chief editor, 《現代漢語方言大詞典》／《现代汉语方言大词典》 [Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects], Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Publishing House, →ISBN, page 1677
siŏh bā dŏ̤-giāng / [suoʔ⁵ pa³³ to⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)iaŋ³³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
a pocketknife
兩把掃把／两把扫把 ― liǎng bǎ sǎobǎ ― two brooms
Classifier for handfuls of something, such as grains, soil.
一把米 ― yī bǎ mǐ ― a handful of rice
Classifier for bundles or bunches.
一把韭菜 ― yī bǎ jiǔcài ― a bunch of garlic chives
Classifier for some abstract ideas, such as force, effort or age.
加把勁兒！／加把劲儿！ ― Jiā bǎ jìnr! ― Make an extra effort!
Classifier for something done with the hand.
幫你一把／帮你一把 ― bāng nǐ yī bǎ ― to give you a helping hand
(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) Classifier for wheeled vehicles.
一把跤踏車 [Hokkien, trad.]
一把跤踏车 [Hokkien, simp.]
From: 2002, 李榮／李荣 (Li Rong), chief editor, 《現代漢語方言大詞典》／《现代汉语方言大词典》 [Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects], Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Publishing House, →ISBN, page 1677
chi̍t pé kha-ta̍h-chhia [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
a bicycle
Placed after numerals or classifiers to express uncertainty; approximately
(dialectal) to give
a surname

Usage notes

A great deal of linguistic research has been carried out regarding the grammar of the "bǎ construction".

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 把

主宰 (zhǔzǎi)
克制 (kèzhì)
克治 (kèzhì) (literary)
君 (jūn) (literary)
局限 (júxiàn)
左右 (zuǒyòu)
把持 (bǎchí)
把控 (bǎkòng)
抑制 (yìzhì)
抵制 (dǐzhì)
拘束 (jūshù)
按 (àn)
按捺 (ànnà) (usually in the negative)
掌控 (zhǎngkòng)
掌握 (zhǎngwò)
控 (kòng) (literary, or in compounds)
控制 (kòngzhì)

提控 (tíkòng) (literary)
操控 (cāokòng)
支配 (zhīpèi)
束 (shù) (literary, or in compounds)
柄 (bǐng) (literary, or in compounds)
框 (kuàng)
管制 (guǎnzhì)
管束 (guǎnshù)
裁 (cái) (literary, or in compounds)
遏抑 (èyì) (literary)
限 (xiàn) (formal, or in compounds)
限乏 (Xiamen Hokkien)
限制 (xiànzhì)
主張／主张 (zhǔzhāng) (archaic)
制約／制约 (zhìyuē)
執掌／执掌 (zhízhǎng)
壓制／压制 (yāzhì)

撙節／撙节 (zǔnjié)
撥弄／拨弄 (bōnòng)
操縱／操纵 (cāozòng)
擺佈／摆布 (bǎibù)
擺治／摆治 (bǎizhì) (regional)
收斂／收敛 (shōuliǎn)
束縛／束缚 (shùfù)
禁錮／禁锢 (jìngù) (figurative)
積壓／积压 (jīyā) (figurative)
節制／节制 (jiézhì)
約束／约束 (yuēshù)
統御／统御 (tǒngyù) (literary)
統治／统治 (tǒngzhì)
羈束／羁束 (jīshù) (literary)
鎮／镇 (zhèn)
駕馭／驾驭 (jiàyù) (figurative)

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Synonyms of 把

倚近 (Min Nan)
傍依 (bàngyī)
挨近 (āijìn)
接 (jiē)
接近 (jiējìn)
附 (fù)

靠近 (kàojìn)
傍邊／傍边 (bàngbiān) (colloquial)
向邇／向迩 (xiàng'ěr) (literary)
挨邊／挨边 (āibiān) (colloquial, to be close to an age or number)
比鄰／比邻 (bǐlín) (literary)
瀕於／濒于 (bīnyú) (of something undesirable)

瀕臨／濒临 (bīnlín)
相鄰／相邻 (xiānglín)
臨近／临近 (línjìn)
親近／亲近 (qīnjìn)
鄰近／邻近 (línjìn)

(light verb or preposition):

Dialectal synonyms of 把 (“particle introducing the object of the verb”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		將, 把
Mandarin	Beijing	把
	Taiwan	把
	Jinan	把
	Xi'an	把
	Wuhan	把
	Chengdu	把
	Guilin	把
	Yangzhou	把
	Hefei	把, 幫
	Singapore	把
Cantonese	Guangzhou	將, 𢬿 dated
	Hong Kong	將
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	將
	Taishan	將
	Kaiping (Chikan)	將, 𢬿, 討
	Enping (Niujiang)	𢬿, 討
	Yangjiang	將
	Singapore (Guangfu)	將
Gan	Nanchang	把
Hakka	Meixian	將, 將把
	Xingning	捉到
	Huidong (Daling)	將
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	將
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	將
	Changting	將
	Wuping	拿
	Wuping (Pingyu)	捉
	Ninghua	把
	Ruijin	將
	Shicheng	拿
	Shangyou (Shexi)	拿
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	將
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	將
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	將
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	將
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	將
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	將
Jin	Taiyuan	把
Min Bei	Jian'ou	拿, 邀
Min Dong	Fuzhou	將, 共, 揢
Min Dong	Matsu	揢
Min Nan	Xiamen	將, 共
	Quanzhou	將, 共
	Zhangzhou	將, 共
	Taipei	將, 共
	Kaohsiung	將, 共
	Singapore (Hokkien)	將
	Manila (Hokkien)	共
	Chaozhou	將, 對, 個
	Shantou	將, 把將, 對
	Jieyang	個
	Singapore (Teochew)	將, 把將
	Haikou	把
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	跟
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	跟
Wu	Suzhou	拿
	Ningbo	搭, 把 rare
	Wenzhou	逮
Xiang	Changsha	把
Xiang	Shuangfeng	把

(handle): 柄 (bǐng)
(classifier):

Dialectal synonyms of 把 (“(classifier for knives)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		把
Mandarin	Beijing	把
	Taiwan	把
	Yantai (Muping)	把
	Jinan	把
	Luoyang	把
	Wanrong	把
	Xi'an	把
	Yinchuan	把
	Lanzhou	把
	Xining	把
	Ürümqi	把
	Wuhan	把
	Chengdu	把
	Guilin	把
	Liuzhou	把
	Xuzhou	把
	Yangzhou	把
	Nanjing	把
	Hefei	把
	Malaysia	把
	Singapore	把
Cantonese	Guangzhou	把, 張
	Hong Kong	把, 張
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	柄, 把
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	張
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	把
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	把
	Macau	張
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	張
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	張
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	張
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	張
	Foshan	張
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	張
	Foshan (Shunde)	張
	Foshan (Sanshui)	張
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	張
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	張
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	張
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	張
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	張
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	張
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	張
	Taishan	張
	Kaiping (Chikan)	張
	Enping (Niujiang)	張
	Heshan (Yayao)	張
	Dongguan	張
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	張
	Qingyuan	張
	Fogang	張
	Yingde (Hanguang)	張
	Yangshan	張
	Lianshan (Butian)	把
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	張
	Shaoguan	張
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	張, 把
	Renhua	張
	Lechang	把
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	張
	Sihui	張
	Guangning	張
	Deqing	張
	Huaiji	支, 把
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	張
	Yunfu	張
	Xinxing	張
	Luoding	把
	Yunan (Pingtai)	張
	Yangjiang	張
	Xinyi	張
	Lianjiang	把
	Nanning	把
	Guiping	把
	Mengshan (Xihe)	把
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	張
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	把
	Baise	把
	Bobai	張
	Lingshan	把
	Pubei	把
	Qinzhou	把
	Beihai	把
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	把
	Ningming	把
Hengxian	把
Hezhou (Pumen)	張
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	把
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	把
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	把
Móng Cái	把
Gan	Nanchang	把
	Lichuan	把
	Pingxiang	把
Hakka	Meixian	張
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	把
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	張
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	張
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	張
	Conghua (Lütian)	把
	Yudu	把
	Hong Kong	張
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	張
	Mashan (Pianlian)	把
	Senai (Huiyang)	把
Huizhou	Jixi	把
Jin	Taiyuan	把
Jin	Xinzhou	把
Min Bei	Jian'ou	把
Min Dong	Fuzhou	把
Min Nan	Xiamen	叢, 支
	Quanzhou	叢
	Zhangzhou	叢
	Manila (Hokkien)	支
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	支
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	把
	Chaozhou	支
	Shantou	支
	Bangkok (Teochew)	支
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	支
	Leizhou	把
	Haikou	把
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	張
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	張
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	把
Wu	Shanghai	把
	Shanghai (Chongming)	把
	Suzhou	把
	Danyang	把
	Hangzhou	把
	Ningbo	把
	Wenzhou	把
	Jinhua	把
Xiang	Changsha	把
	Loudi	把
	Shuangfeng	把
	Quanzhou	把

Dialectal synonyms of 輛 (“(classifier for vehicles)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		輛, 部
Mandarin	Beijing	輛, 掛 >
	Taiwan	輛, 臺
	Jinan	輛, 掛 >
	Luoyang	輛, 部
	Xi'an	輛, 掛 >
	Yinchuan	輛
	Xining	輛
	Ürümqi	輛, 部
	Wuhan	乘, 部
	Chengdu	架, 掛, 輛
	Guiyang	部
	Liuzhou	部
	Xuzhou	輛, 部
	Yangzhou	掛, 輛
	Nanjing	部, 輛, 掛 dated
	Hefei	掛, 架
	Malaysia	輛
	Singapore	輛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	架, 部
	Hong Kong	架, 部
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	架
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	架
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	架
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	架
	Macau	架
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	架
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	架
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	架
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	架
	Foshan	架
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	架
	Foshan (Shunde)	架
	Foshan (Sanshui)	架
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	架
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	架
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	架
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	部
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	架
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	架
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	架
	Taishan	架
	Kaiping (Chikan)	架
	Enping (Niujiang)	架
	Heshan (Yayao)	架
	Dongguan	架
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	架
	Yangjiang	架
	Nanning	架
	Danzhou	架
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	堂
Gan	Nanchang	隻, 部
Gan	Pingxiang	部
Hakka	Meixian	輛, 架
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	輛
	Huiyang	架
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	架
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	架
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	架
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	輛
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	架
	Wengyuan	輛
	Liannan	架, 部
	Conghua (Lütian)	架
	Jiexi	輛
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	輛
	Changting	架
	Wuping (Yanqian)	輛
	Ninghua	輛
	Ningdu	部
	Tonggu (Sandu)	部
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	頂
	Dayu	部, 輛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	臺
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	臺
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	臺, 輛
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	臺
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	臺, 輛
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	輛
	Hong Kong	架
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	部
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	部
	Xinyi (Sihe)	部
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	部
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	架
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	架
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	部
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	部
	Mengshan (Xihe)	部, 個
	Luchuan	架
	Senai (Huiyang)	床
	Singkawang	輛, 臺, 堂
Huizhou	Jixi	部
Jin	Taiyuan	輛, 掛 >, 部
Jin	Xinzhou	輛
Min Bei	Jian'ou	架
Min Dong	Fuzhou	架, 部
	Changle	架
	Fuqing	門
	Yongtai	架
	Gutian	架
	Fu'an	架
	Ningde	架
	Shouning	部
	Zhouning	篷
	Fuding	架
Min Nan	Xiamen	頂, 部, 把
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	頂
	Quanzhou	頂, 把
	Jinjiang	把, 頂
	Yongchun	頂
	Zhangzhou	頂
	Zhangpu	頂
	Tainan	臺
	Penang (Hokkien)	頂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	頂
	Manila (Hokkien)	頂
	Chaozhou	張, 隻
	Raoping	張
	Shantou	隻
	Shantou (Chenghai)	隻
	Haifeng	輛, 部
	Bangkok (Teochew)	隻
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	隻
	Singapore (Teochew)	頂, 張
	Leizhou	架
	Wenchang	架
	Haikou	架, 場
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	架
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	架
Wu	Shanghai	部
	Shanghai (Chongming)	部
	Suzhou	部
	Danyang	部
	Hangzhou	部, 輛
	Ningbo	部
	Wenzhou	部, 把 †
	Jinhua	部
Xiang	Changsha	部, 張 †, 把 †
	Loudi	部
	Shuangfeng	間, 部
Note	> - large vehicles; † - large handcarts

(to give):

Dialectal synonyms of 給 (“to give”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		予, 畀
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		給
Mandarin	Beijing	給
	Taiwan	給
	Tianjin	給
	Jinan	給
	Xi'an	給
	Wuhan	把, 把得, 給
	Chengdu	給
	Guilin	給
	Yangzhou	把, 給
	Hefei	給
	Malaysia	給
	Singapore	給
Cantonese	Guangzhou	畀
	Hong Kong	畀
	Macau	畀
	Taishan	畀
	Dongguan	畀
	Yangjiang	畀
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	畀
	Penang (Guangfu)	畀
	Singapore (Guangfu)	畀
Gan	Nanchang	把
Hakka	Meixian	分
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	分
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	分
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	分
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	分
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	分
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	得
	Kuching (Hepo)	分
Jin	Taiyuan	給
Min Bei	Jian'ou	吶
Min Dong	Fuzhou	乞
Min Nan	Xiamen	予
	Quanzhou	予
	Zhangzhou	予
	Zhao'an	予
	Taipei	予
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	予
	Kaohsiung	予
	Yilan	予
	Changhua (Lukang)	予
	Taichung	予
	Taichung (Wuqi)	予
	Tainan	予
	Taitung	予
	Hsinchu	予
	Kinmen	予
	Penghu (Magong)	予
	Penang (Hokkien)	予
	Singapore (Hokkien)	予
	Manila (Hokkien)	予
	Chaozhou	分, 乞
	Shantou	分, 乞
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	乞
	Jieyang	分, 乞
	Haifeng	分, 予
	Singapore (Teochew)	乞
	Pontianak (Teochew)	分, 乞
	Leizhou	乞
	Wenchang	分
	Haikou	要
Wu	Shanghai	撥, 撥辣
	Suzhou	撥
	Ningbo	撥
	Wenzhou	匄
Xiang	Changsha	把

Compounds

Derived terms from 把

一把
一把子
一把手
一把抓
一把罩
二把刀
個把／个把
倒把
倒把鋤頭／倒把锄头
兩把刷子／两把刷子
兩把頭／两把头
出把戲／出把戏
刀把兒／刀把儿
力把
力把兒頭／力把儿头
加把勁／加把劲
劣把
劣把頭／劣把头
印把子
吊拷絣把／吊拷𰬔把
嘴把子
嘴把式
大把
好把式
守把
小把戲／小把戏
尿尿把把
帶把子／带把子
年把
手巾把子
手把
手把子
打把勢／打把势
打把式
打把攔／打把拦
把上了
把下
把不住
把不到
把似
把位
把住
把作
把來／把来
把做
把兄弟
把兒／把儿
把兒缸子／把儿缸子
把兒鏡子／把儿镜子
把勢／把势
把卷
把口
把場／把场
把如
把子
把守
把定
把定了心
把定物
把家
把弄

把式
把式匠
把弦兒／把弦儿
把戲／把戏
把手
把手言歡／把手言欢
把把
把持
把持不住
把持不定
把捉
把握
把攬／把揽
把斂／把敛
把斷／把断
把晤
把杯
把柄
把梢的
把權／把权
把滑
把牢
把猾
把玩
把盞／把盏
把穩／把稳
把突兒／把突儿
把筆／把笔
把素
把素持齋／把素持斋
把細／把细
把總／把总
把脈／把脉
把腳不住／把脚不住
把臂
把臂入林
把臂而談／把臂而谈
把臉一板／把脸一板
把舵
把色
把薪助火
把街
把袂
把話／把话
把賣／把卖
把都兒／把都儿
把酒
把錢／把钱
把門／把门
把門人／把门人
把關／把关
把頭／把头
把風／把风
把飯叫饑／把饭叫饥
把鬼
把麻
把麼／把么
把鼻
把齋／把斋
抓一把

投機倒把／投机倒把
拉一把
拖把
拜把
拜把兄弟
拜把子
拱把
拿一把
拿印把兒／拿印把儿
拿把
拿把不住
持齋把素／持斋把素
捏把汗
掃把／扫把
掌把
掗把／挜把
揣奸把猾
撈一把／捞一把
放刁把濫／放刁把滥
有把傢伙／有把家伙
有把握
槍把／枪把
武把子
毛團把戲／毛团把戏
沒把柄／没把柄
沒把鼻／没把鼻
滿把／满把
滿有把握／满有把握
火把
為頭把腦／为头把脑
玩把戲／玩把戏
瓢把子
盈把
盲人把燭／盲人把烛
看把戲／看把戏
第一把手
第二把手
籠驢把馬／笼驴把马
練把式／练把式
翻把
老把勢／老把势
老把式
老把戲／老把戏
耍把戲／耍把戏
腰把子
花把戲／花把戏
草把
萬把／万把
話把／话把
變把戲／变把戏
車把／车把
車把式／车把式
都把勢／都把势
鎗把／枪把
隨驢把馬／随驴把马
靠把
順把／顺把
頭把兒／头把儿
鬼把戲／鬼把戏
點把／点把

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pá (pa²)
(Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˊ

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/

Definitions

把

^† Alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)..
a surname

Japanese

Alternative forms

束

Kanji

把

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: へ (he)
Kan-on: は (ha, Jōyō)
Kun: たば (taba, 把); つか (tsuka)

Compounds

把(は)捉(そく) (hasoku, “grasping”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
把
たば Grade: S
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) たば [táꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ta̠ba̠]

Counter

把(たば) • (-taba)

counter for bundles

Noun

把(たば) • (taba)

bundle, bunch, batch, sheaf, coil

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 把 (MC pˠa^X).

Historical readings
Recorded as Middle Korean 방〯 (Yale: pǎ) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. Recorded as Middle Korean 파 (pha) (Yale: pha) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰa̠]
Phonetic hangul: [파]

Hanja

Wikisource把 (eumhun 잡을 파 (jabeul pa))

Hanja form^? of 파 (“to take; to hold”).

Compounds

파로 (把撈, paro)
파반 (把盤, paban)
파배 (把杯, pabae)
파속 (把束, pasok)
파수 (把守, pasu)
파수 (把手, pasu)
파악 (把握, paak)
파장 (把掌, pajang)
파절 (把截, pajeol)
파주 (把住, paju)
파지 (把持, paji)
파지 (把指, paji)
파직 (把直, pajik)
파착 (把捉, pachak)
파총 (把摠, pachong)
파필 (把筆, papil)
검파 (劍把, geompa)
견파 (肩把, gyeonpa)
공파 (拱把, gongpa)
도파 (刀把, dopa)
만파 (輓把, manpa)
복파 (腹把, bokpa)
슬파 (膝把, seulpa)
외파 (外把, oepa)
입파 (入把, ip'pa)
총파 (銃把, chongpa)
낭파초 (狼把草, nangpacho)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

把: Hán Nôm readings: bã, bả, bạ, bỡ, bữa, vả, vã, vỗ, bá, bẻ, bửa, lả, sấp, trả

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN