Keyword
to allocate
- to stir
- to move
- to distribute
- Frequency
- #1831
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
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Mnemonic
To dispatch 发 goods by hand 扌
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
拨
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch
拨款
to allocate funds; appropriation
拨打
to call; to dial
拨乱反正
bring order out of chaos; set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder
挑拨
to incite disharmony; to instigate
拨号
to dial a telephone number
调拨
to send (products); to allocate; to commit (funds); to channel (goods)
拨付
to disburse (money)
划拨
to assign; to allocate; to transfer (money to an account)
拨通
to get through to sb on the phone
拨开
to push aside; to part; to brush away
土拨鼠
(zoology) marmot (in the US, esp. groundhog or woodchuck)
挑拨离间
to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
拨弄
to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc); to fiddle with; to stir up
拨动
to stir; to prod; to poke; to move sideways; to strum (on a guitar etc)
点拨
to give instructions; to give advice
拨云见日
lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice
撩拨
to provoke; to tease
四两拨千斤
(lit.) four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom); (fig.) to achieve much with little effort
弹拨乐器
plucked string instrument
拨接
dial-up (Internet connection)
拨浪鼓
rattle drum; pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker)
拨片
pick; plectrum
弹拨
to pluck (a string)