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撥
Mandarin: bo1
Simplified: 拨
Definitions
  1. 1 to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc
  2. 2 to dial
  3. 3 to allocate
  4. 4 to set aside (money)
  5. 5 to poke (the fire)
  6. 6 to pluck (a string instrument)
  7. 7 to turn round
  8. 8 classifier: group, batch
  9. 9 to move
  10. 10 to dispel
  11. 11 to distribute
  12. 12 a plectrum
  13. 13 to govern
  14. 14 # adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 撥
撥電話
to dial a telephone
挑撥
to incite; to sow discord; to instigate; to forment
撥款
to allocate or appropriate funds
撥出
to pull out; to allocate (funds); to dial
水撥
windscreen water wipers
撥大葵扇
being a matchmaker
撥片
[music] guitar/bass pick, plectrum [Syn.] 撥子, 撥弦片
挑撥是非
to stir trouble
撥亂反正
restore order out of chaos
回撥電話
callback
老公撥扇
(literally: husband fans); miserable; desolate; pitiful
撥子
[music] guitar/bass pick, plectrum [Syn.] 撥片, 撥弦片
三扒兩撥
describes a person who is very efficient in doing things
撥冗
to set aside time during a tight schedule
撥火
to instigate and stir up something
撥水
water repellent; water repellency
撥正
correct; set right
挑撥離間
to sow discord; to incite one against the other; to play A off against B
國際長途直撥電話
IDD, International Direct Dialling
水撥水
windshield wiper fluid [colloquial]
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