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擺

简 摆 · 繁 擺
Mandarin · pinyin bǎi

Meanings

  1. to arrange
  2. to exhibit
  3. to move to and fro
  4. a pendulum
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擺
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摆
bǎi · put, place; display; swing, sway
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3 · bai3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

baai2

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

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character · Etymology 1

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to get rid of; to break free from; to push aside
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to separate; to divide
  3. to put; to place; to arrange
  4. to put on; to assume (air); to display
  5. (regional) to talk; to speak; to lay bare; to state clearly
  6. to sway; to wave; to swing
  7. pendulum
  8. (neologism, slang) short for 擺爛／摆烂 (bǎilàn, “to strive instead for shoddiness”)
  9. (dialectal) malaria
  10. (archaic) to scheme; to set up
  11. (archaic) to wrap
  12. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 捭 (“to hit; to beat”)
  13. a surname

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Southern Min, Hakka, Malaysian Cantonese) Classifier for occurrences: time

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