撥 (but6 put3 | bo1) : move; poke; set aside; allocate

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撥

but6 put3

bo1

[1] [v] move (with fingers); poke; pluck
[2] [v] set aside; allocate; assign
[3] [國] [n] group; batch; shift | [synonym] 班

Jyutping but6 is literary reading; put3 is colloquial.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

撥 / 拨

Don't confuse with:
潑

This word has been viewed 7878 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Dec 2013 07:31

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撥扇 put3 sin3 bo1 shan4 = wave a fan

水撥水 seoi2 but6 seoi2 shui3 bo1 shui3 = windshield wiper fluid 粵

撥款 but6 fun2 bo1 kuan3 = to allocate or appropriate funds

挑撥 tiu1 but6 tiao3 bo1 = to incite; to sow discord; to instigate; to forment

挑撥者 tiu1 but6 ze2 tiao3 bo1 zhe3 = instigator; perpetrator

水撥 seoi2 but6 = windscreen wiper

挑撥離間 tiu1 but6 lei4 gaan3 = to sow discord; to incite one against the other; to play A off against B

挑撥是非 tiu1 but6 si6 fei1 = to stir trouble

三扒兩撥 saam1 paa4 loeng5 but6 = to work swiftly; quickly, "in no time"

回撥電話 wui4 but6 din6 waa6*2 = callback
See all 21 compounds (CantoDict reports 22 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 撥
Unicode code for this character: U+64a5 (off-site link)

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