拨 meaning in English

bō

to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 撥8 strokes

Meaning of 拨

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bō

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

好hǎo的de。房fáng间jiān里lǐ长zhǎng途tú电diàn话huà可kě以yǐ直zhí拨bō吗ma？

Good. Can you make long distance calls from the room?

您nín能néng帮bāng我wǒ拨bō号hào吗ma？电diàn话huà机jī放fàng得de太tài高gāo了le。

Can you help me dial? The telephone is put too high.

若ruò有yǒu火huǒ警jǐng，拨bō打dǎ119。

In case of fire, call 119.

如rú有yǒu任rèn何hé其qí他tā疑yí问wèn，请qǐng拨bō打dǎ下xià方fāng的de客kè服fú电diàn话huà。

Any further queries should be made via the customer service number below.

在zài房fáng间jiān里lǐ只zhǐ能néng拨bō市shì内nèi，长cháng途tú可kě以yǐ到dào总zǒng台tái来lái打dǎ。

You can only make local calls from the room; you can go to the front desk to call long-distance.

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Words that share a character with 拨.

拨打	bōdǎ	to call; to dial
拨款	bōkuǎn	to allocate funds; appropriation
拨通	bōtōng	to get through to sb on the phone
拨号	bōhào	to dial a telephone number
挑拨	tiǎobō	to incite disharmony; to instigate
土拨鼠	tǔbōshǔ	(zoology) marmot (in the US, esp. groundhog or woodchuck)

What does 拨 mean?

拨 (bō) means "to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 拨?

拨 is made of 1 character: 拨 (8 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 拨 an HSK word?

Yes. 拨 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 拨 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 拨 is written 撥.