Chinese Notes

撇 piě

piě noun a downwards-left curved character stroke
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '撇'; Guoyu '撇' piě n 1; XHZD '撇' piě 2, p. 568; Sun 2006, loc. 1178)
piě measure word measure word for eye brows and beards
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '撇' piě n 3)
piē verb to discard; to abandon; to throw away
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 抛弃 (CC-CEDICT '撇'; Guoyu '撇' piē v 1; Unihan '撇'; XHZD '撇' piē 1, p. 568)
piē verb to skim
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 刮舀出来; for example, 撇油 'skim fat' (Guoyu '撇' piē v 4; XHZD '撇' piē 2, p. 568)
piě verb to throw
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '撇' piě 2, p. 345; XHZD '撇' piě 1, p. 568)
piě noun an object in the shape of the downwards-left curved character stroke
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '撇' piě n 2; Kroll 2015 '撇' piě 3, p. 345; XHZD '撇' piě 3, p. 568)
piě verb to tap
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '撇' piě 1, p. 345)
piě verb to wipe off; to clean
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 拂拭 (Guoyu '撇' piē v 2)
piē verb to lose
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 丟 (Guoyu '撇' piē v 3)
piē verb to disobey; to defy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 违拗 (Guoyu '撇' piē v 5)

Contained in

撇下 to cast away
撇开不谈(撇開不談) to ignore an issue
撇掉 to skim froth or foam from the surface of a liquid
撇大条(撇大條) to take a dump
长撇(長撇) long downwards left curved stroke
直撇 straight left curved stroke
撇嘴 to curl one's lip; to twitch one's mouth
八字还没一撇儿(八字還沒一撇兒) there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape
短撇 short downwards left curved stroke
撇步 trick (of the trade); clever move
横撇弯钩(橫撇彎鉤) Heng Pie Wan Gou; CJK stroke HPWG
撇捺 a left then right falling line
撇油 to skim oil; to skim fat
三撇 name of Kangxi radical 59
撇清 to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasise one is innocent or in the clear
撇开(撇開) to disregard; to leave aside
左撇子 left-handed
八字还没一撇(八字還沒一撇) there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape
撇号(撇號) apostrophe ' (punct.); accent mark; prime symbol
横撇(橫撇) a horizontal stroke and a left falling line
曲撇 long downwards left curved stroke
八字没一撇(八字沒一撇) there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape
撇去 skim
撇条(撇條) to go to the toilet

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Truncated for common words

第七十回 Chapter 70 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
第四回 Chapter 4 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 4
第二十五回 Chapter 25 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 4
第六十回 Chapter 60 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
第三十八回 Chapter 38 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
第四十八回 Chapter 48 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
第五十三回 Chapter 53 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
第四十三回 Chapter 43 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
第七十回 Chapter 70 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
第二十六回 Chapter 26 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3

Collocations

撇在 (撇在) 將你撇在土牢裏 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第九回 Chapter 9 — count: 12
一撇 (一撇) 用上一撇一點俱不成字 — History of Song 宋史, 卷四百三十一列傳第一百九十儒林一聶崇義邢昺孫奭王昭素孔維孔宜崔頌子:曥尹拙田敏辛文悅李覺崔頤正弟:偓佺李之才 Volume 431 Biographies 190: Confucian Scholars 1 - Nie Chongyi, Xing Bing, Sun Shi, Wang Zhaosu, Kong Wei, Kong Yi, Cui Song and son: Lu, Yin Zhuo, Tian Min, Xin Wenyue, Li Jue, Cui Yizheng and younger brother: Woquan, Li Zhicai — count: 6
便撇 (便撇) 便撇了不喫 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第六回 Chapter 6 — count: 5
儿撇 (兒撇) 寓俱藍國也裏可溫主兀咱兒撇裏馬亦遣使奉表 — History of Yuan 元史, 卷十二　本紀第十二: 世祖九 Volume 12 Annals 12: Shizu 9 — count: 4
撇天 (撇天) 浮蔑蠓而撇天 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十七揚雄傳上 Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 — count: 4
撇戟 (撇戟) 撇戟丟鎗 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第七十七回 Chapter 77 — count: 3
抛撇 (拋撇) 適閒拋撇 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四十三回 Chapter 43 — count: 3
撇在地下 (撇在地下) 便去場上將這十兩銀子撇在地下 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三十八回 Chapter 38 — count: 3
李逵撇 (李逵撇) 李逵撇了大斧 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五十三回 Chapter 53 — count: 2
彯撇 (彯撇) 纊微彯撇 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷十四列傳第八江淹任昉 Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang — count: 2