撇
piě
Pinyin

Definition

撇
 - 
piě
  1. to throw
  2. to cast
  3. left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)
撇
 - 
piē
  1. to cast away
  2. to fling aside

Character Decomposition

Related Words (8)

左撇子
zuǒ piě zi
  1. 1 left-handed
撇
piē
  1. 1 to cast away
  2. 2 to fling aside
撇下
piē xia
  1. 1 to cast away
撇去
piē qù
  1. 1 skim
撇嘴
piě zuǐ
  1. 1 to curl one's lip
  2. 2 to twitch one's mouth

Idioms (4)

八字没一撇
bā zì méi yī piě
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇
bā zì hái méi yī piě
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
撇开不谈
piē kāi bù tán
  1. 1 to ignore an issue (idiom)

Sample Sentences

掌柜的生气了，常常骂他。他只是笑嘻嘻地赔小心道千字比十字只多一小撇不是差不多吗？”
zhǎngguì de shēngqì le ，chángcháng mà tā 。tā zhǐshì xiàoxīxī de péixiǎoxīn dào qiān zì bǐ shí zì zhǐ duō yī xiǎo piě búshi chàbuduō ma ？”
This infuriated the bank manager and he would often reprimand him. Mr. Chabuduo's response to these incidents was always to reply with a smirk: "The number for 1,000 “千” differed from the number for 10 “十” by only one simple stroke - isn't that close enough?"
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才能撇清G这个不食人间烟火的艺术家和为五斗米折腰的匠人，以及无利不起早的商贾之间令人尴尬的关系。
cáinéng piěqīng G zhège bùshírénjiānyānhuǒ de yìshùjiā hé wéi wǔdǒumǐ zhéyāo de jiàngrén ，yǐjí wúlì bùqǐzǎo de shānggǔ zhījiān lìngrén gāngà de guānxi 。
This clarifies the awkward relationship between G, the artist, who is otherworldly, and the craftsmen who must bow for their food, and merchants who only do things for their own benefit.
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所以凶手很有可能是左撇子，死因呢？
suǒyǐ xiōngshǒu hěn yǒu kěnéng shì zuǒpiězǐ ，sǐyīn ne ？
So the killer is very likely left handed. What was the cause of death?
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这八字还没一撇呢。你说到哪里去了，我还没确定让他做我老公的人选呢。不过既然你那么了解星座论，那再跟我说说处女座的性格是怎么样的？还有处女座喜欢什么样的人？
zhè bāzìháiméiyīpiě ne 。nǐ shuō dào nǎlǐ qù le ，wǒ hái méi quèdìng ràng tā zuò wǒ lǎogōng de rénxuǎn ne 。bùguò jìrán nǐ nàme liǎojiě xīngzuò lùn ，nà zài gēn wǒ shuōshuo chǔnǚzuò de xìnggé shì zěnmeyàng de ？háiyǒu chǔnǚzuò xǐhuan shénmeyàng de rén ？
I'm not at that stage yet! No matter what you say, I'm still not sure he's a candidate to be my husband. However, since you understand astrology so well, tell me what a Virgo's personality is like. What kind of people do Virgos like?
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我怕他被同学欺负。以前，我有一个左撇子的同学，我们都笑他是怪人。
wǒ pà tā bèi tóngxué qīfu 。yǐqián ，wǒ yǒu yī ge zuǒpiězi de tóngxué ，wǒmen dōu xiào tā shì guàirén 。
I’m worried about him getting picked on by his classmates. In the past, I had a left-handed classmate. We all laughed at him for being a weirdo.
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可是浩浩天生是左撇子，他用右手怎么会方便？
kěshì Hàohao tiānshēng shì zuǒpiězi ，tā yòng yòushǒu zénme huì fāngbiàn ？
But Haohao was born a lefty. How could using his right hand be convenient?
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为什么？左撇子怎么了？
wèishénme ？zuǒpiězi zěnmele ？
Why? What’s wrong with left-handed people?
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啊哟，你怎么这么没个性？外国人很多都是左撇子，没有人逼他们改。这是尊重。
āyō ，nǐ zěnme zhème méi gèxìng ？wàiguórén hěn duō dōu shì zuǒpiězi ，méiyǒu rén bī tāmen gǎi 。zhè shì zūnzhòng 。
Geez, where’s your sense of individuality? A lot of foreigners are left-handed. No one forces them to change. It’s about respect.
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我跟你说左撇子的人，数学好，聪明！
wǒ gēn nǐ shuō zuǒpiězi de rén ，shùxué hǎo ，cōngming ！
I’m telling you, left-handed people are good with math. They’re smart!
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对。“很”的部首也在左边，叫“双人旁”。看，有两个撇。
duì 。“hěn ”de bùshǒu yě zài zuǒbiān ，jiào “shuāngrénpáng ”。kàn ，yǒu liǎng ge piě 。
Right. And in the character for "very," the radical is also on the left. It's called "the double person radical." Look, it has two falling-left strokes.
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