掰

See also: 擘

掰 U+63B0, 掰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63B0 ← 掯 [U+63AF] CJK Unified Ideographs 掱 → [U+63B1]

Translingual

Han character

掰 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹手金竹手 (HQCHQ) or 手金竹手 (QCHQ), four-corner 2255₀, composition ⿲手分手)

1. (Cantonese) to tear, to rip

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 440, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12310
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1890, character 2
• Unihan data for U+63B0

Chinese

trad.		掰
simp. #		掰

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
嬖	*peːɡs
薜	*beːɡs, *preːɡ
鐾	*beːɡs
臂	*peɡs
譬	*pʰeɡs
避	*beɡs
檗	*preːɡ
擘	*preːɡ
糪	*preːɡ, *pʰreːɡ
掰	*preːɡ
繴	*breːɡ, *peːɡ
辟	*peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ
璧	*peɡ
鐴	*peɡ
躄	*peɡ
襞	*peɡ
僻	*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
癖	*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
廦	*pʰeɡ, *peːɡ
擗	*beɡ
躃	*beɡ
闢	*beɡ
壁	*peːɡ
鼊	*peːɡ
霹	*pʰeːɡ
劈	*pʰeːɡ
澼	*pʰeːɡ
憵	*pʰeːɡ
甓	*beːɡ
鷿	*beːɡ
幦	*mbeːɡ

Characters in the same phonetic series (辟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 手 + 分 + 手, separation between two hands. A character of very recent^[vague] creation.^[1]

Etymology

bāi is the colloquial reading of 擘 (bò).^[1]

Pronunciation

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掰
Reading #	1/1
No.	672
Phonetic component	辟
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	檗
Old Chinese	/*preːɡ/
Notes	擘今字

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāi (bai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baai¹ / mak³ / baai²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pai / póe
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹pe; ⁷paq / ⁷paq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bai
    • Wade–Giles: pai¹
    • Yale: bāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bai
    • Palladius: бай (baj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baai¹ / mak³ / baai²
    • Yale: bāai / mak / báai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baai¹ / mak⁸ / baai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bai¹ / meg³ / bai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯⁵⁵/, /mɐk̚³/, /paːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pai
    • Tâi-lô: pai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pay
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pai³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: póe
    • Tâi-lô: pué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Zhangzhou): /pue⁵³/

Note: póe - written also as 掱.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹pe; ⁷paq
    • MiniDict: pe^平; pah^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pe; ⁴paq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pe⁵³/, /paʔ⁵⁵/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷paq
    • MiniDict: pah^入
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /pɑʔ⁴³/

Note: 7paq - usually not connected to the glyph 掰 in urban Shanghainese. see instead 擘.

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*preːɡ/

Definitions

掰

1. to bend or break apart with both hands; to adjust

   掰後視鏡／掰后视镜  ―  bāi hòushìjìng  ―  to adjust the rear-view mirror

2. (figurative, colloquial) to talk nonsense; to chatter idly
3. (figurative, colloquial) to break up; to end a relationship

Synonyms

• (to break apart with both hands): (literary, or dialectal) 擘 (bò)
• (to talk nonsense):

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• 七說八說 / 七说八说 (Hokkien)
• 七講八講 / 七讲八讲 (Hokkien, Wu)
• 亂說 / 乱说 (luànshuō)
• 口胡 (kǒuhú) (neologism, Internet slang)
• 妄言 (wàngyán) (literary)
• 妄說 / 妄说
• 打鑔 / 打镲 (dǎchǎ) (regional)
• 扯淡 (chědàn)
• 扯臊 (chěsào) (regional)
• 放屁 (fàngpì) (colloquial)
• 放狗屁 (fàng gǒupì) (vulgar)
• 瞎七搭八 (⁷haq-chiq₇-taq₇-paq₇) (Wu)
• 瞎扯 (xiāchě)
• 瞎掰 (xiābāi)
• 瞎聊 (xiāliáo)
• 瞎說 / 瞎说 (xiāshuō)
• 胡扯 (húchě)
• 胡言 (húyán)
• 胡言亂語 / 胡言乱语 (húyánluànyǔ)
• 胡言漢語 / 胡言汉语 (húyánhànyǔ)
• 胡說 / 胡说 (húshuō)
• 胡說八道 / 胡说八道 (húshuōbādào)
• 說東說西 / 说东说西 (Hokkien)
• 講東講西 / 讲东讲西 (Hokkien)
• 譗𧫡 (zházhì)
• 鬼扯 (guǐchě) (colloquial)

Compounds

• 分斤掰兩 / 分斤掰两
• 分金掰兩 / 分金掰两
• 掰了
• 掰交情
• 掰文兒 / 掰文儿
• 掰腕子 (bāi wànzi)
• 掰謊 / 掰谎
• 掰開 / 掰开 (bāikāi)
• 掰開揉碎 / 掰开揉碎
• 瞎掰 (xiābāi)

References

1. David Branner, A Neutral Transcription System for Teaching Medieval Chinese, T ̔ang Studies 17 (1999), p. 110.

Vietnamese

Han character

掰: Hán Nôm readings: bài

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