掰 meaning in English

bāi

to break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship)

HSK 7-9verb12 strokes

Meaning of 掰

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bāi
  1. to break off or break open sth with one's hands
  2. (fig.) to break off (a relationship)

掰 in example sentences

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

面miàn条tiáo下xià锅guō前qián要yào先xiān掰bāi成chéng小xiǎo块kuài。
Before you put the noodles in the pot, you have to break them up into small pieces.
掰bāi掰bāi,明míng天tiān见jiàn。
See you tomorrow, goodbye.
慢màn走zǒu,掰bāi啰luō!
Goodbye, have a nice day!

Stroke order for each character

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掰 bāi · to break off or break open sth with one… · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 掰.

掰掰bāibāibye-bye (loanword) (Tw)
瞎掰xiābāi(coll.) to talk nonsense; to fool around

Questions about 掰

What does 掰 mean?

掰 (bāi) means "to break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 掰?

掰 is made of 1 character: 掰 (12 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 掰 an HSK word?

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