把

Translingual

Etymology

手 ＋ 巴

Han character

把 (radical 64 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手日山 (QAU), four-corner 5701₇)

1. hold, take
2. guard
3. regard as

References

• KangXi: page 420, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11874
• Dae Jaweon: page 768, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1845, character 4
• Unihan data for U+628A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

把 (Yale ba2)

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Japanese

Kanji

把 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: は (ha)
• Kun: つか (tsuka)

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Korean

Hanja

把 (hangeul 파, revised pa, McCune-Reischauer p'a, Yale pha)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
把

Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ pa˨˩˦ ]

Hanzi

把 (pinyin bǎ (ba3), Wade-Giles pa³)

Noun

把 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bǎ)

1. measure word for anything that can be held in one's hand

   三把刀 (Pinyin sān bǎ dāo, three knives)

2. handle

Verb

把 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bǎ)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) a special type of helping verb which, when placed in front of the object of a sentence, allows for the object of the sentence to be placed before the verb. This allows for greater flexibility in complex sentence construction.

   他把刀放在桌子上

   tā bǎ dāo fàng zài zhuōzi shàng

   he put the knife on the table (literal word order of original: he bǎ knife put at table top)

2. (prefix) to guard; to have control over

   把守 (Pinyin bǎshǒu, to guard; to defend)

   把握 (Pinyin bǎwò, to grasp; to control; to master)

See also

special helping verb

• 共 (kā) (Min Nan)

References

• "把" (in Mandarin/English), Pleco Dictionary. URL accessed on 2011-01-29.
• "把" (in Mandarin/English), Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2011-01-29.

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ pa˥˧ ]
• IPA: [ pe˥˧ ]

Noun

把 (traditional and simplified, POJ pé or pá)

1. handle

Verb

把 (traditional and simplified, POJ pé or pá)

1. (prefix) to guard; to have control over

   把守 (POJ pá-siú, to guard; to defend)

   把握 (POJ pá-ak, to grasp; to control; to master)

References

• "把" (in Taiwanese/English), On-line Taiwanese/Mandarin Dictionary (台文／華文線頂辭典). URL accessed on 2011-01-29.

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Vietnamese

Han character

把 (bả, bã, bạ, bỡ, bữa, vả, vã, vỗ, bá, bẻ, bửa, lả, sấp, trả)