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蔽 |
*peds |
鄨 |
*peds, *ped |
鷩 |
*peds, *ped |
彆 |
*peds, *peːd |
潎 |
*pʰeds, *pʰed |
斃 |
*beds, *bed |
敝 |
*beds, *bed |
幣 |
*beds |
弊 |
*beds |
鱉 |
*ped |
虌 |
*ped |
憋 |
*ped, *pʰed, *peːd |
瞥 |
*pʰed, *pʰeːd |
鐅 |
*pʰed, *pʰeːd |
嫳 |
*bed, *pʰeːd |
撇 |
*pʰeːd |
撆 |
*pʰeːd |
暼 |
*pʰeːd |
蹩 |
*beːd |
襒 |
*beːd |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *pʰeːd) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed).
Etymology 1
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Zhengzhang system (2003) |
Character |
撇 |
Reading # |
1/1 |
No. |
650 |
Phonetic component |
敝 |
Rime group |
月 |
Rime subdivision |
2 |
Corresponding MC rime |
撆 |
Old Chinese |
/*pʰeːd/ |
Notes |
撆注或體 |
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Note:
- piē - "to discard, to abandon, to throw away;
- to skim";
- piě - "left falling stroke".
Note:
- phiat - literary (“left falling stroke; skill; to drift with the wind (Xiamen); charming; to write a left falling stroke; to write unseriously; to turn one's head away”);
- phia̍t - (“to drift with the wind (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)”);
- phoat - vernacular (used in 撇叉 and 撇跤);
- phiap - vernacular (only used in 拍撇).
Definitions
撇
- to discard; to abandon; to throw away
- to skim; to clear (a liquid) from the substance (oil, foam, etc.) floating on it
- 撇油 [Cantonese] ― pit3 jau4 [Jyutping] ― to skim oil
- to move the corners of one's mouth downward (to express disdain, disgust, distrust or unhappiness)
- (Chinese calligraphy) stroke that falls downwards towards the left (㇒)
- (Cantonese, of rain) to move in a slanted direction
- 撇雨 [Cantonese] ― pit3 jyu5 [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (Cantonese) to leave (without concern)
- (Hakka) to flog the buttocks; to spank; to smack lightly with palm
- (Hokkien) skill; ability
- 無半撇/无半撇 [Hokkien] ― bô-pòaⁿ-phiat [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― incompetent; incapable
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to drift with the wind
- (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) charming; fashionable; good-looking; smart
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to write a left falling stroke
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to write unseriously
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to turn one's head away
Synonyms
- (to move the corners of one's mouth downward): 撇嘴 (piězuǐ)
- (to leave):
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| Location
| Words |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) |
走, 離開, 離去 |
Northeastern Mandarin |
Taiwan |
走, 離開 |
Singapore |
走, 離開 |
Jilu Mandarin |
Jinan |
走 |
Central Plains Mandarin |
Wanrong |
走 |
Xi'an |
走 |
Xining |
走 |
Lanyin Mandarin |
Yinchuan |
走 |
Ürümqi |
走 |
Southwestern Mandarin |
Chengdu |
走 |
Wuhan |
走 |
Guiyang |
走 |
Jianghuai Mandarin |
Nanjing |
走 |
Cantonese |
Guangzhou |
走, 扯 |
Hong Kong |
走, 扯, 撇, 閃, 𨅝, 鬆, 撇s |
Penang (Guangfu) |
走 |
Singapore (Guangfu) |
走, 扯 |
Gan |
Nanchang |
走 |
Hakka |
Meixian |
走 |
Yudu |
走 |
Jin |
Taiyuan |
走 |
Southern Min |
Taipei |
走 GT |
Singapore (Hokkien) |
走 |
Manila (Hokkien) |
行 |
Singapore (Teochew) |
走 |
Zhongshan Min |
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) |
走, 行 |
Wu |
Shanghai |
跑, 走 |
Danyang |
走 |
Hangzhou |
走 |
Jinhua |
走 |
Note |
GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
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Dialectal synonyms of
走 (“to leave (intransitive)”)
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Coordinate terms
- (basic character strokes) 點/点 (diǎn), 橫/横, 豎/竖 (shù), 提, 捺 (nà), 撇, 折, 鉤/钩 (gōu), 彎/弯 (wān), 斜
Compounds
- 一撇
- 丟撇/丢撇
- 乾撇下/干撇下
- 假撇清
- 兩撇鬍/两撇胡
- 坡撇
- 左撇子 (zuǒpiězi)
- 平撇
- 打撇
- 打水撇兒/打水撇儿
- 拋撇/抛撇
- 披撇
- 拿三撇四
- 撇下
- 撇假
- 撇叉 (Min Nan)
- 撇呆打墮/撇呆打堕
- 撇呵
- 撇嘴 (piězuǐ)
- 撇地
- 撇嵌
- 撇弔/撇吊
- 撇強/撇强
- 撇打
- 撇抗
- 撇撒
- 撇杖兒/撇杖儿
- 撇架子
- 撇桑 (Min Nan)
- 撇棄/撇弃 (piēqì)
- 撇欠
- 撇步 (piěbù)
- 撇油
- 撇油兒/撇油儿
- 撇清
- 撇演
- 撇漾
- 撇火石
- 撇然
- 撇罷/撇罢
- 撇脫/撇脱
- 撇蘭/撇兰
- 撇號/撇号 (piěhào)
- 撇賴/撇赖
- 撇跤 (Min Nan)
- 撇閃/撇闪
- 撇開/撇开 (piēkāi)
- 撇除 (piēchú)
- 撇風/撇风
- 撇點/撇点 (piědiǎn)
- 撇齒拉嘴/撇齿拉嘴
- 擣虛撇抗/捣虚撇抗
- 有撇斷/有撇断
- 無半撇/无半撇 (Min Nan)
- 番仔鬍鬚——無半撇/番仔胡须——无半撇 (Min Nan)
- 蘭葉撇/兰叶撇
- 飄撇/飘撇 (phiau-phiat) (Min Nan)
Etymology 2
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Etymology 3
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References
- “撇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “撇”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 177.
Han character
撇: Hán Nôm readings: phét, phết, phệt, phiết
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