掰
bāi
Pinyin

Definition

掰
 - 
bāi
  1. to break off or break open sth with one's hands
  2. (fig.) to break off (a relationship)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (9)

掰掰
bāi bāi
  1. 1 bye-bye (loanword) (Tw)
掰开
bāi kāi
  1. 1 to pull apart
  2. 2 to pry open with the hands
掰
bāi
  1. 1 to break off or break open sth with one's hands
  2. 2 (fig.) to break off (a relationship)
掰弯
bāi wān
  1. 1 to bend
  2. 2 (slang) to turn a straight person gay
瞎掰
xiā bāi
  1. 1 (coll.) to talk nonsense
  2. 2 to fool around

Sample Sentences

睡眠？这一整年来，我几乎天天熬夜啊，恨不得一分钟掰成四分钟来用，睡眠对我来说简直太奢侈了。
shuìmián ？zhè yī zhěng nián lái ，wǒ jīhū tiāntiān áoyè ā ，hènbude yīfēnzhōng bāi chéng sì fēnzhōng lái yòng ，shuìmián duìwǒláishuō jiǎnzhí tài shēchǐ le 。
Sleep? I've been staying up late every night for almost this entire year. I'm always eager to make more use of my time, so you could say sleeping is like a luxury for me.
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喂，喂…大姐，听得到吗？我用公共电话打的，没钱了，掰。
wéi ，wéi …dàjiě ，tīngdedào ma ？wǒ yòng gōnggòng diànhuà dǎ de ，méi qián le ，bāi 。
Hey, hey... sis, can you hear me? I'm using a public telephone to call you, I don't have any money left, bye.
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嘿！我不过唠叨一下日子过得太快，你倒是给我掰出这不是道理的道理，难道猪年还会过得特别慢吗？还是兔年大家都特别能跳？
hēi ！wǒ bùguò láodao yīxià rìzi guò de tài kuài ，nǐ dào shì gěi wǒ bāichū zhè bùshì dàolǐ de dàolǐ ，nándào zhūnián hái huì guò de tèbié màn ma ？háishì tùnián dàjiā dōu tèbié néng tiào ？
Hey! All I was saying was that the days were going by fast, and you come out with this bizarre logic, does that mean the Year of the Pig goes especially slow? Or that everyone can jump better in the Year of the Rabbit?
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哦，很简单。我教你。先把它的腿和钳子掰下来。然后把蟹盖掰下来。
ò ，hěn jiǎndān 。wǒ jiāo nǐ 。xiān bǎ tā de tuǐ hé qiánzi bāi xiàlai 。ránhòu bǎ xiè gài bāi xiàlai 。
Oh, it's really simple. I'll teach you. First break off its legs and claws, then pull off its shell.
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掰手腕儿你肯定掰不过我。 哎，身体不许动啊。
bāi shǒuwànr nǐ kěndìng bāibuguò wǒ 。 āi ，shēntǐ bùxǔ dòng a 。
In arm wrestling there's no way you can beat me. Hey, you can't move your body.
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