HSK 6 · Verbs

扒 bā “to dig up” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 扒 means

  1. to dig up
  2. to pull down
  3. to strip off
  4. to peel
  5. to skin
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to tear
  • to cling to (sth on which one is climbing)
  • to dig

How to say 扒

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale扒bā1st tone, high and level

扒 in a sentence

  1. 他把墙上的旧海报扒了下来。

    Tā bǎ qiáng shàng de jiù hǎibào bā le xiàlai.

    He pulled the old poster off the wall.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 小狗在地上扒了一个坑。

    Xiǎogǒu zài dìshang bā le yí ge kēng.

    The puppy dug a hole in the ground.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 扒 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 扒 (bā) with each of its parts in a different colour
扒bāto peel
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 八eight · bāSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 八 (bā) hints at the sound. Compare it with bā.

How to write 扒

扒 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

扒 (bā) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 扒 (bā). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 扒

More words: Common Verbs

遵守zūnshǒu · to comply with挨ái · to suffer安置ānzhì · to find a place for熬áo · to endure掰bāi · to break off with both hands拜访bàifǎng · to pay a visit败坏bàihuài · to ruin摆脱bǎituō · to break free from

FAQs

扒 (bā) means “to dig up” or “to pull down”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bā: bā with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 扒 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ba with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 扒 from the suggestions. Typing ba into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
扒 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.