拨 (撥)
bō
Pinyin

Definition

拨 (撥)
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bō
  1. to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc
  2. to dial
  3. to allocate
  4. to set aside (money)
  5. to poke (the fire)
  6. to pluck (a string instrument)
  7. to turn round
  8. classifier: group, batch

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

拨
bō
  1. 1 to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc
  2. 2 to dial
  3. 3 to allocate
  4. 4 to set aside (money)
  5. 5 to poke (the fire)
  6. 6 to pluck (a string instrument)
  7. 7 to turn round
  8. 8 classifier: group, batch
拨打
bō dǎ
  1. 1 to call
  2. 2 to dial
挑拨
tiǎo bō
  1. 1 to incite disharmony
  2. 2 to instigate
拨出
bō chū
  1. 1 to pull out
  2. 2 to allocate (funds)
  3. 3 to dial
拨动
bō dòng
  1. 1 to stir
  2. 2 to prod
  3. 3 to poke
  4. 4 to move sideways
  5. 5 to strum (on a guitar etc)

Idioms (4)

四两拨千斤
sì liǎng bō qiān jīn
  1. 1 lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to achieve much with little effort
挑拨是非
tiǎo bō shì fēi
  1. 1 to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
  2. 2 to tell tales
  3. 3 to make mischief
挑拨离间
tiǎo bō lí jiàn
  1. 1 to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
拨云见日
bō yún jiàn rì
  1. 1 lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice

Sample Sentences

是行家的，三分钟前就下单了，是好汉的现在也该行动了，拿起电话快拨号吧！
shì hángjiā de ，sān fēnzhōng qián jiù xiàdān le ，shì hǎohàn de xiànzài yě gāi xíngdòng le ，náqǐ diànhuà kuài bō hào ba ！
All the connoisseurs will have already made their orders three minutes ago, so it is time for you good people out there to wake up, pick up the telephone and dial the number!
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哼，我们两口子好得很呢，你这个坏蛋，少在这儿挑拨离间！
hèng ，wǒmen liǎngkǒuzi hǎo de hěn ne ，nǐ zhè ge huàidàn ，shǎo zài zhèr tiǎobōlíjiàn ！
Hmmm, we're as thick as thieves, you're the bad egg. You should stop stirring stuff up between us!
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阿牛？你搞错了吧，这里没有叫阿牛的，你确定拨打了正确的号码吗？
Ā Niú ？nǐ gǎocuò le ba ，zhèlǐ méiyǒu jiào Ā Niú de ，nǐ quèdìng bōdǎ le zhèngquè de hàomǎ ma ？
Aniu? I think you have the wrong number. There is no Aniu here. Are you sure you dialled the correct number?
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那你怎么说没有这个人啊，我拨打的电话号码没有错啊。
nà nǐ zěnme shuō méiyǒu zhè ge rén ā ，wǒ bōdǎ de diànhuà hàomǎ méiyǒu cuò ā 。
Then why would you say that there's nobody there by that name. I dialled the correct number.
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好了，今天关于起名字的话题就说到这儿，如果大家对此还有兴趣，请拨打我们的热线，期待我们在午夜的电波中再次相会。
hǎo le ，jīntiān guānyú qǐ míngzì de huàtí jiù shuō dàozhèr ，rúguǒ dàjiā duìcǐ háiyǒu xìngqù ，qǐng bōdǎ wǒmen de rèxiàn ，qīdài wǒmen zài wǔyè de diànbō zhōng zàicì xiānghuì 。
OK, I'll draw a line under today's topic of naming children. If anyone is interested in more on this topic, please dial our hotline. I hope that we can meet again at midnight on the airwaves.
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别急，我用我的手机拨号不就行了。
bié jí ，wǒ yòng wǒ de shǒujī bōhào bù jiù xíng le 。
Don’t worry, just use my mobile phone to make a call.
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这件事起因是参议院对预算问题有不同意见，没办法通过拨款法案。
zhè jiàn shì qǐyīn shì cānyìyuàn duì yùsuàn wèntí yǒu bùtóng yìjiàn ，méi bànfǎ tōngguò bōkuǎn fǎàn 。
The shutdown began because of different opinions on the yearly budget in the Senate, and they failed to pass the appropriation bill.
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我电话已经拨通了，她想跟你讲话。
wǒ diànhuà yǐjīng bō tōng le ，tā xiǎng gēn nǐ jiǎnghuà 。
I've already gotten through, she wants to talk to you.
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密码到底是什么？”小尤胡乱地拨着密码锁上的数字，但始终无法打开。
mìmǎ dàodǐ shì shénme ？”Xiǎo Yóu húluàn de bō zhe mìmǎsuǒ shàng de shùzì ，dàn shǐzhōng wúfǎ dǎkāi 。
"What could the combination be?" Xiao You randomly input a few combinations, but they all failed to open the lock.
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虽然她不确定自己的猜测，但还是依次拨了3个数字。
suīrán tā bù quèdìng zìjǐ de cāicè ，dàn háishì yīcì bō le sān ge shùzì 。
Although she was unsure of her guess, she still entered the first three numbers one by one.
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