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撇

Mandarin · pinyin piē#

to cast away
to fling aside

Mandarin · pinyin piě#

to throw
to cast
left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)

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撇: piē · discard, abandon, throw away

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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Cantonese word readings for 撇. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

to discard; to abandon; to throw away
to skim; to clear (a liquid) from the substance (oil, foam, etc.) floating on it
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 (㇒)
Classifier for things that look like the stroke ㇒; glancing actions or thin, slanted objects.
(Cantonese, of rain) to move in a slanted direction
(Cantonese) to leave (without concern)
(Hakka) to flog the buttocks; to spank; to smack lightly with palm
(Hokkien) skill; ability
(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

character · Etymology 2

(Hakka) Used after a verb to indicate perfective aspect (action completion).
(Hakka) Normally followed by 了 to mark a state change.

character · Etymology 3

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to lightly scoop from the surface of something (oil, etc.)
(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to cut meat with a knife

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