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撇 meaning in English

piě

to throw; to cast

HSK 7-9verbnoun14 strokes

Meaning of 撇

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

piě
  1. to throw
  2. to cast
  3. left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)
piē
  1. to cast away
  2. to fling aside

撇 in example sentences

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

Tom是shì右yòu撇piē子zi。
Tom is right-handed.
Tim写xiě字zì像xiàng个gè左zuǒ撇piě子zi。
Tim writes left-handed.
“你nǐ漏lòu写xiě了le一yí个gè撇piē号hào。it's和héits是shì有yǒu分fēn别bié的de。” “我wǒ知zhī道dào。是shì我wǒ打dǎ错cuò了le。”
"There's an apostrophe missing. It's and its are different." "I know. It was a typing error."
提tí姆mǔ是shì左zuǒ撇piě子zi。
Tim is a lefty.
汤tāng姆mǔ是shì左zuǒ撇piě子zi。
Tom is a lefty.

Stroke order for each character

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撇 piě · to throw · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 撇.

左撇子zuǒpiězileft-hander
撇下piēxiato cast away
撇开piēkāito disregard; to leave aside

Questions about 撇

What does 撇 mean?

撇 (piě) means "to throw; to cast" and is used as a verb and noun.

How do you write 撇?

撇 is made of 1 character: 撇 (14 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 撇 an HSK word?

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

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