把

把 U+628A, 把 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-628A ← 抉 [U+6289] CJK Unified Ideographs 抋 → [U+628B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		把

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
巴	*praː
芭	*praː
笆	*praː, *braːʔ
豝	*praː
鈀	*praː, *pʰraː
吧	*praː, *pʰraː
蚆	*praː, *pʰraː
疤	*praː
把	*praːʔ
爸	*praːs, *baʔ
弝	*praːs
靶	*praːs
葩	*pʰraː
舥	*pʰraː
妑	*pʰraː
帊	*pʰraːs
琶	*braː
爬	*braː
杷	*braː, *braːs, *braːs
跁	*braːʔ, *braːs
耙	*braːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *praːʔ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 巴 (OC *praː).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bǎ, bà, bǎi (ba³, ba⁴, bai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˇ, ㄅㄚˋ, ㄅㄞˇ

  (Chengdu, SP): ba³

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ба (ba, I) / ба (ba, III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baa², baa³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ba²

• Gan (Wiktionary): ba³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pá

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ba³

• Jin (Wiktionary): ba²
• Min Bei (KCR): bǎ
• Min Dong (BUC): bā / bá
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pé / pée / pá / pà

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bê² / ba²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ⁵po; ⁵pa
• Xiang (Wiktionary): ba³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎ
    • Wade–Giles: pa³
    • Yale: bǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baa
    • Palladius: ба (ba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (把兒／把儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎr
    • Wade–Giles: pa³-ʼrh
    • Yale: bǎr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baal
    • Palladius: бар (bar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑɻ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bà
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bà
    • Wade–Giles: pa⁴
    • Yale: bà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bah
    • Palladius: ба (ba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (把兒／把儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàr
    • Wade–Giles: pa⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: bàr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ball
    • Palladius: бар (bar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑɻ⁵¹/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎi
    • Wade–Giles: pai³
    • Yale: bǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bae
    • Palladius: бай (baj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴/

Note:

• bǎ - all senses except “stem”;
• bà - “handle; stem”;
• bǎi - preposition.

• (Chengdu)
  • Sichuanese Pinyin: ba³
  • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: baa
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵³/
• (Dungan)
  • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ба (ba, I) / ба (ba, III)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²⁴/, /pa⁴⁴/

  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

Note: ба1 - the special word to reverse the word order, ба3 - handle (noun).

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa², baa³
    • Yale: bá, ba
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa², baa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba², ba³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː³⁵/, /paː³³/

Note:

• baa3 - rare variant for “handle; stem”.

• (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  • Wiktionary: ba²
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵⁵/

Gan

• (Nanchang)
  • Wiktionary: ba³
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²¹³/

Hakka

• (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pá
  • Hakka Romanization System: ba`
  • Hagfa Pinyim: ba³
  • Sinological IPA: /pa³¹/
• (Meixian)
  • Guangdong: ba³
  • Sinological IPA: /pa³¹/

Jin

• (Taiyuan)⁺
  • Wiktionary: ba²
  • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pa⁵³/

Min Bei

• (Jian'ou)
  • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǎ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²¹/

Min Dong

• (Fuzhou)
  • Bàng-uâ-cê: bā / bá
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa³³/, /pɑ²¹³/

Note:

• bā - “to hold; handle; classifier”;
• bá - “handle”.

Min Nan

• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pé
  • Tâi-lô: pé
  • Phofsit Daibuun: pea
  • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pe⁵⁵⁴/
  • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pe⁵³/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe⁴¹/
• (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pée
  • Tâi-lô: pée
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ⁵³/
• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pá
  • Tâi-lô: pá
  • Phofsit Daibuun: par
  • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pa⁵⁵⁴/
  • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /pa⁵³/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴¹/
• (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pà
  • Tâi-lô: pà
  • Phofsit Daibuun: pax
  • IPA (Taipei): /pa¹¹/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa²¹/

Note:

• pé/pée - vernacular;
• pá - literary;
• pà - used in 遏手把.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: bê² / ba²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pé / pá
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pe⁵²/, /pa⁵²/

Note:

• bê2 - vernacular;
• ba2 - literary.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wugniu: ⁵po; ⁵pa
  • Wiktionary Romanisation: ²po; ²pa
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po³⁴/, /pa³⁴/

Note:

• 2po - vernacular;
• 2pa - literary.

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: ba³
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: paeX

Rime
Character	把
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	愽下切
Baxter	paeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠaX/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚaX/
Shao Rongfen	/paX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨX/
Li Rong	/paX/
Wang Li	/paX/
Bernard Karlgren	/paX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǎ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baa2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤraʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*praːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	把
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bǎ
Middle Chinese	‹ pæX ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁraʔ/
English	grasp (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	把
Reading #	1/1
No.	105
Phonetic component	巴
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	把
Old Chinese	/*praːʔ/

Definitions

把

1. to hold; to grasp; to take

   把握  ―  bǎwò  ―  to grasp; to control; to master

   媽媽手把手教我寫字。 [MSC, trad.]
   妈妈手把手教我写字。 [MSC, simp.]

   Māma shǒubǎshǒu jiào wǒ xiězì. [Pinyin]

   My mom held my hand and taught me to write.

   • 縱有健婦把鋤犁，禾生隴畝無東西。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     纵有健妇把锄犁，禾生陇亩无东西。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, 杜甫 (Du Fu), 《兵車行》 (The Army Wagons: A Ballad); translated by Stephen Owen

     Zòng yǒu jiànfù bǎ chúlí, hé shēng lǒngmǔ wú dōngxī. [Pinyin]

     Even though there are sturdy wives to hold the hoe and plow, the grain grows on the field boundary slopes and one can’t tell east from west.

2. to control; to dominate

   把控  ―  bǎkòng  ―  to control

3. to guard; to have control over

   把守  ―  bǎshǒu  ―  to guard; to defend

   把門／把门  ―  bǎmén  ―  to guard a door or gate

   • 令人傳我的號令去，著下將軍韓厥，把住府門，不搜進去的，只搜出來的。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     令人传我的号令去，着下将军韩厥，把住府门，不搜进去的，只搜出来的。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yuan Dynasty, Ji Junxiang, The Orphan of Zhao

     Lìng rén chuán wǒ de hàolìng qù, zhuó xiàjiāngjūn Hán Jué, bǎ zhù fǔmén, bù sōu jìnqù de, zhǐ sōu chūlái de. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (colloquial) to be close; to be near
5. to hold a baby while it relieves itself

   把尿  ―  bǎniào  ―  to hold a baby while it urinates

6. (traditional Chinese medicine) to feel (for the pulse)

   我替施主把把脈。／我替施主把把脉。  ―  Wǒ tì shīzhǔ bǎ bǎmài.  ―  Let me feel the pulse for you.

7. A light verb or preposition placed before the object of a sentence to allow it to be placed before the verb, giving greater flexibility in complex sentence construction.

   他把刀放在桌子上。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Tā bǎ dāo fàng zài zhuōzi shàng. [Pinyin]

   He put the knife on the table.

8. Used before a “subject + verb + complement” structure; to cause to; to make

   真的把我氣死了！／真的把我气死了！  ―  Zhēnde bǎ wǒ qìsǐ le!  ―  It really made me so mad!

9. bundle; bunch

   火把  ―  huǒbǎ  ―  torch (stick with a flame on one end)

10. handle; knob; grip (a part of an object which is held in the hand)

    車把／车把  ―  chēbǎ  ―  handlebar (of a bicycle)

    刀把  ―  dāobà  ―  knife handle; hilt

11. stem (of a flower, leaf, fruit, etc.)

    葉把兒／叶把儿  ―  yèbàr  ―  stem of a leaf

12. Classifier for objects that can be held using handles or knobs, such as guns, chairs, brooms, or umbrellas. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

    三把刀  ―  sān bǎ dāo  ―  three knives

    四把鉸剪／四把铰剪 [Cantonese]  ―  sei³ baa² gaau³ zin² [Jyutping]  ―  four pairs of scissors

    一把刀囝 [Min Dong, trad. and simp.]

    From: 2002, 李榮 (Li Rong), chief editor, 《現代漢語方言大詞典》 [Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects], Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Publishing House, →ISBN, page 1677

    siŏh bā dŏ̤-giāng / [suoʔ⁵ pa³³ to⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)iaŋ³³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

    a pocketknife

    兩把掃把／两把扫把  ―  liǎng bǎ sǎobǎ  ―  two brooms

13. Classifier for handfuls of something, such as grains, soil.

    一把米  ―  yī bǎ mǐ  ―  a handful of rice

14. Classifier for bundles or bunches.

    一把韭菜  ―  yī bǎ jiǔcài  ―  a bunch of garlic chives

15. Classifier for fire.

    點一把火／点一把火  ―  diǎn yī bǎ huǒ  ―  to light a fire

16. Classifier for some abstract ideas, such as force, effort or age.

    加把勁兒！／加把劲儿！  ―  Jiā bǎ jìnr!  ―  Make an extra effort!

    一把年紀／一把年纪  ―  yī bǎ niánjì  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

17. Classifier for something done with the hand.

    幫你一把／帮你一把  ―  bāng nǐ yī bǎ  ―  to give you a helping hand

18. Classifier for times of recreations.

    過把癮／过把瘾  ―  guò bǎ yǐn  ―  to satisfy a craving

    打把麻將／打把麻将  ―  dǎ bǎ májiāng  ―  to play mahjong

    玩兩把牌／玩两把牌  ―  wán liǎng bǎ pái  ―  to play card games

    打幾把遊戲／打几把游戏  ―  dǎ jǐ bǎ yóuxì  ―  to play video games

    汏把浴 [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]

    From: 2002, 李榮 (Li Rong), chief editor, 《現代漢語方言大詞典》 [Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects], Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Publishing House, →ISBN, page 1675

    ⁶da ⁵po ⁸yoq [Wugniu]

    to bathe

19. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) Classifier for wheeled vehicles.

    一把跤踏車 [Hokkien, trad.]
    一把跤踏车 [Hokkien, simp.]

    From: 2002, 李榮 (Li Rong), chief editor, 《現代漢語方言大詞典》 [Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects], Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Publishing House, →ISBN, page 1677

    chi̍t pé kha-ta̍h-chhia [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

    a bicycle

20. Placed after numerals or classifiers to express uncertainty; approximately

    個把月／个把月  ―  ge bǎ yuè  ―  approximately a month

    十把日 [Min Dong, trad. and simp.]

    From: 2002, 李榮 (Li Rong), chief editor, 《現代漢語方言大詞典》 [Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects], Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Publishing House, →ISBN, page 1677

    sĕk bā nĭk / [sɛiʔ⁵ pa³³ nˡiʔ⁵] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

    approximately ten days

    隻把人 [Min Bei, trad.]
    只把人 [Min Bei, simp.]

    From: 2002, 李榮 (Li Rong), chief editor, 《現代漢語方言大詞典》 [Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects], Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Publishing House, →ISBN, page 1676

    ciă bǎ nêng [Kienning Colloquial Romanized]

    several people

21. (archaic or dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Xiang) to give

    把壓歲錢／把压岁钱 [Gan]  ―  ba³ 'ngat⁶ sui⁴ qien² [Wiktionary]  ―  to give money (to children) during the Chinese New Year

    把本書你 [Xiang, trad.]
    把本书你 [Xiang, simp.]

    From: 2002, 李榮 (Li Rong), chief editor, 《現代漢語方言大詞典》 [Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects], Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Publishing House, →ISBN, page 1675

    ba³ ben³ xy¹ nyi³ [Wiktionary]

    to give you a book

    把我一本書 [Yangzhou Mandarin, trad.]
    把我一本书 [Yangzhou Mandarin, simp.]

    From: 2002, 李榮 (Li Rong), chief editor, 《現代漢語方言大詞典》 [Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects], Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Publishing House, →ISBN, page 1672

    to give me a book

    • 虞家小廝又悄悄的從後門叫了一個賣草的，把他四個錢。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
      虞家小厮又悄悄的从后门叫了一个卖草的，把他四个钱。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

      From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

      Yú jiā xiǎosī yòu qiāoqiāo de cóng hòumén jiào le yī ge mài cǎo de, bǎ tā sì ge qián. [Pinyin]

      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

22. a surname

Usage notes

• A great deal of linguistic research has been carried out regarding the grammar of the "bǎ construction".

Synonyms

• (to control):

• 主宰 (zhǔzǎi)
• 主張／主张 (zhǔzhāng) (archaic)
• 克制 (kèzhì)
• 克治 (kèzhì) (literary)
• 制約／制约 (zhìyuē)
• 君 (jūn) (literary)
• 執掌／执掌 (zhízhǎng)
• 壓制／压制 (yāzhì)
• 局限 (júxiàn)
• 左右 (zuǒyòu)
• 抑制 (yìzhì)
• 把持 (bǎchí)
• 把控 (bǎkòng)
• 把攬／把揽 (bǎlǎn)
• 抵制 (dǐzhì)
• 拘束 (jūshù)
• 按 (àn)
• 按捺 (ànnà) (usually in the negative)
• 控 (literary, or in compounds)
• 控制 (kòngzhì)
• 掌控 (zhǎngkòng)
• 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
• 提控 (tíkòng) (literary)
• 撥弄／拨弄 (bōnòng)
• 撙節／撙节 (zǔnjié)
• 操控 (cāokòng)
• 操縱／操纵 (cāozòng)
• 擺佈／摆布 (bǎibù)
• 擺治／摆治 (bǎizhì) (regional)
• 支配 (zhīpèi)
• 收斂／收敛 (shōuliǎn)
• 束 (literary, or in compounds)
• 束縛／束缚 (shùfù)
• 柄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 框 (kuàng)
• 禁錮／禁锢 (jìngù) (figurative)
• 積壓／积压 (jīyā) (figurative)
• 節制／节制 (jiézhì)
• 管制 (guǎnzhì)
• 管束 (guǎnshù)
• 約束／约束 (yuēshù)
• 統御／统御 (tǒngyù) (literary)
• 統治／统治 (tǒngzhì)
• 羈束／羁束 (jīshù) (literary)
• 裁 (cái) (literary, or in compounds)
• 遏抑 (èyì) (literary)
• 鎮／镇 (zhèn)
• 限 (xiàn)
• 限乏 (Amoy)
• 限制 (xiànzhì)
• 駕／驾 (jià)
• 駕馭／驾驭 (jiàyù) (figurative)

 

• (to be close):

• 倚近 (Min Nan)
• 傍依 (bàngyī)
• 傍邊／傍边 (bàngbiān) (colloquial)
• 向邇／向迩 (xiàng'ěr) (literary)
• 挨近 (āijìn)
• 挨邊／挨边 (āibiān) (colloquial, to be close to an age or number)
• 接 (jiē)
• 接近 (jiējìn)
• 擦 (cā)
• 比鄰／比邻 (bǐlín) (literary)
• 湊／凑 (còu)
• 瀕於／濒于 (bīnyú) (of something undesirable)
• 瀕臨／濒临 (bīnlín)
• 相鄰／相邻 (xiānglín)
• 臨近／临近 (línjìn)
• 親近／亲近 (qīnjìn)
• 鄰近／邻近 (línjìn)
• 附 (fù)
• 靠近 (kàojìn)

 

• (light verb or preposition):

Dialectal synonyms of 把 (“particle introducing the object of the verb”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		將, 把
Mandarin	Beijing	把
	Taiwan	把
	Jinan	把
	Xi'an	把
	Wuhan	把
	Chengdu	把
	Guilin	把
	Yangzhou	把
	Hefei	把, 幫
	Singapore	把
Cantonese	Guangzhou	將, 𢬿 dated
	Hong Kong	將
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	將
	Taishan	將
	Kaiping (Chikan)	將, 𢬿, 討
	Enping (Niujiang)	𢬿, 討
	Yangjiang	將
	Singapore (Guangfu)	將
Gan	Nanchang	把
Hakka	Meixian	將, 將把
	Xingning	捉到
	Huidong (Daling)	將
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	將
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	將
	Changting	將
	Wuping	拿
	Wuping (Pingyu)	捉
	Ninghua	把
	Ruijin	將
	Shicheng	拿
	Shangyou (Shexi)	拿
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	將
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	將
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	將
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	將
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	將
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	將
Jin	Taiyuan	把
Min Bei	Jian'ou	拿, 邀
Min Dong	Fuzhou	將, 共, 揢
	Matsu	揢
Min Nan	Xiamen	將, 共
	Quanzhou	將, 共
	Zhangzhou	將, 共
	Tainan	將, 共
	Singapore (Hokkien)	將
	Manila (Hokkien)	共
	Chaozhou	將, 對, 個
	Shantou	將, 把將, 對
	Jieyang	將, 把, 把將, 對, 忐, 個
	Haifeng	將
	Singapore (Teochew)	將, 把將
	Haikou	把
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	跟
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	跟
Wu	Shanghai	拿
	Suzhou	拿
	Ningbo	搭, 把 rare
	Wenzhou	逮
Xiang	Changsha	把
	Shuangfeng	把

• (handle): 柄 (bǐng)
• (classifier):

Dialectal synonyms of 把 (“(classifier for knives)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		把
Mandarin	Beijing	把
	Taiwan	把
	Yantai (Muping)	把
	Jinan	把
	Luoyang	把
	Wanrong	把
	Xi'an	把
	Yinchuan	把
	Lanzhou	把
	Xining	把
	Ürümqi	把
	Wuhan	把
	Chengdu	把
	Guilin	把
	Liuzhou	把
	Xuzhou	把
	Yangzhou	把
	Nanjing	把
	Hefei	把
	Malaysia	把
	Singapore	把
Cantonese	Guangzhou	把, 張
	Hong Kong	把, 張
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	柄, 把
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	張
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	把
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	把
	Macau	張
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	張
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	張
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	張
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	張
	Foshan	張
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	張
	Foshan (Shunde)	張
	Foshan (Sanshui)	張
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	張
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	張
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	張
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	張
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	張
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	張
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	張
	Taishan	張
	Kaiping (Chikan)	張
	Enping (Niujiang)	張
	Heshan (Yayao)	張
	Dongguan	張
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	張
	Qingyuan	張
	Fogang	張
	Yingde (Hanguang)	張
	Yangshan	張
	Lianshan (Butian)	把
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	張
	Shaoguan	張
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	張, 把
	Renhua	張
	Lechang	把
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	張
	Sihui	張
	Guangning	張
	Deqing	張
	Huaiji	支, 把
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	張
	Yunfu	張
	Xinxing	張
	Luoding	把
	Yunan (Pingtai)	張
	Yangjiang	張
	Xinyi	張
	Lianjiang	把
	Nanning	把
	Guiping	把
	Mengshan (Xihe)	把
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	張
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	把
	Baise	把
	Bobai	張
	Lingshan	把
	Pubei	把
	Qinzhou	把
	Beihai	把
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	把
	Ningming	把
Hengzhou	把
Hezhou (Pumen)	張
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	把
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	把
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	把
Móng Cái	把
Gan	Nanchang	把
	Lichuan	把
	Pingxiang	把
Hakka	Meixian	張
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	把
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	張
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	張
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	張
	Conghua (Lütian)	把
	Yudu	把
	Hong Kong	張
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	張
	Mashan (Pianlian)	把
	Senai (Huiyang)	把
Huizhou	Jixi	把
Jin	Taiyuan	把
	Xinzhou	把
Min Bei	Jian'ou	把
Min Dong	Fuzhou	把
Min Nan	Xiamen	叢, 支
	Quanzhou	叢
	Zhangzhou	叢
	Manila (Hokkien)	支
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	支
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	把
	Chaozhou	支
	Shantou	支
	Bangkok (Teochew)	支
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	支
	Leizhou	把
	Haikou	把
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	張, 把
	Sanxiang	張
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	把
Wu	Shanghai	把
	Shanghai (Chongming)	把
	Suzhou	把
	Danyang	把
	Hangzhou	把
	Ningbo	把
	Wenzhou	把
	Jinhua	把
Xiang	Changsha	把
	Loudi	把
	Shuangfeng	把
	Quanzhou	把

Dialectal synonyms of 把 (“(classifier for chairs)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		把, 張, 個
Mandarin	Beijing	把
	Taiwan	張
	Tianjin	把
	Chengde	把
	Tangshan	把
	Cangzhou	把
	Baoding	把
	Shijiazhuang	把
	Chifeng	把
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	把
	Heihe	把
	Qiqihar	把
	Harbin	把
	Jiamusi	把
	Baicheng	把
	Changchun	把
	Tonghua	把
	Shenyang	把
	Dandong	把
	Jinzhou	把
	Dalian	把
	Yantai	把
	Yantai (Muping)	把
	Qingdao	把
	Lijin	把
	Zhucheng	把
	Jinan	把
	Jining	把
	Wanrong	把
	Shangqiu	把
	Yuanyang	把
	Zhengzhou	把
	Lingbao	把
	Xinyang	把
	Baihe	把
	Hanzhong	把
	Xi'an	把
	Baoji	把
	Yinchuan	把
	Tianshui	把
	Lanzhou	把
	Dunhuang	把, 個
	Xining	把
	Hami	把
	Ürümqi	把
	Wuhan	把
	Yichang	把
	Xiangyang	把
	Tianmen	把
	Hong'an	把
	Chengdu	把
	Nanchong	把
	Dazhou	把
	Hanyuan	把
	Xichang	把
	Zigong	把
	Chongqing	把
	Guiyang	把
	Zunyi	把, 根
	Bijie	把, 個
	Liping	把
	Zhaotong	把
	Dali	把
	Kunming	把
Mengzi	把
Guilin	把
Liuzhou	把
Jishou	把
Changde	把
Anqing	把
Xuzhou	把
Fuyang	把
Wuhu	把
Yangzhou	把
Lianyungang	把
Lianshui	把
Nanjing	把
Hefei	把
Nantong	把
Cantonese	Guangzhou	張
	Hong Kong	張
	Taishan	張
	Dongguan	張
Gan	Nanchang	把
	Lichuan	把
	Pingxiang	張
Hakka	Meixian	張
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	張
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	張
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	張
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	張
Huizhou	Jixi	隻
	Shexian	把
Jin	Taiyuan	把
	Yangyuan	把
	Datong	把
	Xinzhou	把
	Lishi	把
	Linfen	把
	Changzhi	把
	Linhe	把
	Jining	把
	Hohhot	把
	Erenhot	把
	Pingshan	把
	Zhangjiakou	把
	Handan	把
	Linzhou	把
	Suide	把
Min Dong	Fuzhou	張
	Fuqing	張
Min Nan	Xiamen	塊
	Quanzhou	塊
	Zhangzhou	塊
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	隻, 塊
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	隻
	Kaohsiung	塊
	Yilan (Toucheng)	隻
	Tainan (Anping)	架
	Penghu (Xiyu)	塊
	Shantou	張
	Jieyang	隻, 張
	Haikou	張
Wu	Shanghai	把
	Shanghai (Chongming)	把
	Ningbo	把
	Jinhua	把
Xiang	Changsha	把

Dialectal synonyms of 輛 (“(classifier for vehicles)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		輛, 部
Mandarin	Beijing	輛, 掛 >
	Taiwan	輛, 臺
	Jinan	輛, 掛 >
	Luoyang	輛, 部
	Xi'an	輛, 掛 >
	Yinchuan	輛
	Xining	輛
	Ürümqi	輛, 部
	Wuhan	乘, 部
	Chengdu	架, 掛, 輛
	Guiyang	部
	Liuzhou	部
	Xuzhou	輛, 部
	Yangzhou	掛, 輛
	Nanjing	部, 輛, 掛 dated
	Hefei	掛, 架
	Malaysia	輛
	Singapore	輛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	架, 部
	Hong Kong	架, 部
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	架
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	架
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	架
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	架
	Macau	架
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	架
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	架
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	架
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	架
	Foshan	架
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	架
	Foshan (Shunde)	架
	Foshan (Sanshui)	架
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	架
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	架
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	架
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	部
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	架
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	架
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	架
	Taishan	架
	Kaiping (Chikan)	架
	Enping (Niujiang)	架
	Heshan (Yayao)	架
	Dongguan	架
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	架
	Yangjiang	架
	Nanning	架
	Danzhou	架
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	堂
Gan	Nanchang	隻, 部
	Pingxiang	部
Hakka	Meixian	輛, 架
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	輛
	Huiyang	架
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	架
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	架
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	架
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	輛
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	架
	Wengyuan	輛
	Liannan	架, 部
	Conghua (Lütian)	架
	Jiexi	輛
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	輛
	Changting	架
	Wuping (Yanqian)	輛
	Ninghua	輛
	Ningdu	部
	Tonggu (Sandu)	部
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	頂
	Dayu	部, 輛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	臺
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	臺
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	臺, 輛
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	臺
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	臺, 輛
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	輛
	Hong Kong	架
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	部
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	部
	Xinyi (Sihe)	部
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	部
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	架
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	架
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	部
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	部
	Mengshan (Xihe)	部, 個
	Luchuan	架
	Senai (Huiyang)	床
	Singkawang	輛, 臺, 堂
Huizhou	Jixi	部
Jin	Taiyuan	輛, 掛 >, 部
	Xinzhou	輛
Min Bei	Jian'ou	架
Min Dong	Fuzhou	架, 部
	Changle	架
	Fuqing	架, 門
	Yongtai	架
	Gutian	架
	Fu'an	架
	Ningde	架
	Shouning	部
	Zhouning	篷
	Fuding	架
Min Nan	Xiamen	頂, 部, 把
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	頂
	Quanzhou	頂, 把
	Jinjiang	把, 頂
	Yongchun	頂
	Zhangzhou	頂
	Zhangpu	頂
	Tainan	臺
	Penang (Hokkien)	頂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	頂
	Manila (Hokkien)	頂
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	架
	Chaozhou	張, 隻
	Raoping	張
	Shantou	隻
	Shantou (Chenghai)	隻
	Haifeng	輛, 部
	Bangkok (Teochew)	隻
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	隻
	Singapore (Teochew)	頂, 張
	Leizhou	架
	Wenchang	架
	Haikou	架, 場
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	架, 部
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	架
Wu	Shanghai	部
	Shanghai (Chongming)	部
	Suzhou	部
	Danyang	部
	Hangzhou	部, 輛
	Ningbo	部
	Wenzhou	部, 把 †
	Jinhua	部
Xiang	Changsha	部, 張 †, 把 †
	Loudi	部
	Shuangfeng	間, 部
Note	> - large vehicles; † - large handcarts

• (to give):

Dialectal synonyms of 給 (“to give”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		予, 畀
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		給
Mandarin	Beijing	給
	Taiwan	給
	Tianjin	給
	Jinan	給
	Xi'an	給
	Wuhan	把, 把得, 給
	Chengdu	給
	Guilin	給
	Yangzhou	把, 給
	Hefei	給
	Malaysia	給
	Singapore	給
Cantonese	Guangzhou	畀
	Hong Kong	畀
	Macau	畀
	Taishan	畀
	Dongguan	畀
	Yangjiang	畀
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	畀
	Penang (Guangfu)	畀
	Singapore (Guangfu)	畀
Gan	Nanchang	把
Hakka	Meixian	分
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	分
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	分
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	分
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	分
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	分
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	得
	Kuching (Hepo)	分
Jin	Taiyuan	給
Min Bei	Jian'ou	吶
Min Dong	Fuzhou	乞
Min Nan	Xiamen	予
	Quanzhou	予
	Zhangzhou	予
	Zhao'an	予
	Taipei	予
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	予
	Kaohsiung	予
	Yilan	予
	Changhua (Lukang)	予
	Taichung	予
	Taichung (Wuqi)	予
	Tainan	予
	Taitung	予
	Hsinchu	予
	Kinmen	予
	Penghu (Magong)	予
	Penang (Hokkien)	予
	Singapore (Hokkien)	予
	Manila (Hokkien)	予
	Chaozhou	分, 乞
	Shantou	分, 乞
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	乞
	Jieyang	分, 乞
	Haifeng	分, 予
	Singapore (Teochew)	乞
	Pontianak (Teochew)	分, 乞
	Leizhou	乞
	Wenchang	分
	Haikou	要
Wu	Shanghai	撥, 撥辣
	Suzhou	撥
	Ningbo	撥
	Wenzhou	匄
Xiang	Changsha	把

Compounds

• 一把 (yībǎ)
• 一把子
• 一把手
• 一把抓 (yībǎzhuā)
• 一把罩
• 二把刀 (èrbǎdāo)
• 個把／个把
• 倒把 (dǎobǎ)
• 倒把鋤頭／倒把锄头
• 兩把刷子／两把刷子
• 兩把頭／两把头
• 出把戲／出把戏
• 刀把兒／刀把儿 (dāobàr)
• 力把
• 力把兒頭／力把儿头
• 加把勁／加把劲
• 劣把
• 劣把頭／劣把头
• 印把子 (yìnbàzi)
• 吊拷絣把／吊拷𰬔把
• 嘴把子
• 嘴把式
• 大把 (dàbǎ)
• 好把式
• 守把 (shǒubǎ)
• 小把戲／小把戏
• 尿尿把把
• 帶把子／带把子
• 年把
• 手巾把子
• 手把 (shǒubà)
• 手把子
• 打把勢／打把势
• 打把式
• 打把攔／打把拦
• 抓一把
• 把下
• 把上了
• 把不住
• 把不到
• 把作
• 把住 (bǎzhù)
• 把似
• 把位 (bǎwèi)
• 把來／把来 (bǎlái)
• 把做
• 把兄弟 (bǎxiōngdì)
• 把兒／把儿
• 把兒缸子／把儿缸子
• 把兒鏡子／把儿镜子
• 把勢／把势 (bǎshì)
• 把卷
• 把口 (bǎkǒu)
• 把場／把场
• 把如
• 把子
• 把守 (bǎshǒu)
• 把定 (bǎdìng)
• 把定了心
• 把定物
• 把家 (bǎjiā)
• 把弄
• 把式 (bǎshì)
• 把式匠
• 把弦兒／把弦儿
• 把戲／把戏 (bǎxì)
• 把手 (bǎshǒu)
• 把手言歡／把手言欢
• 把把
• 把持 (bǎchí)
• 把持不住
• 把持不定
• 把捉 (bǎzhuō)
• 把握 (bǎwò)
• 把攬／把揽 (bǎlǎn)
• 把斂／把敛
• 把斷／把断
• 把晤
• 把杯
• 把柄 (bǎbǐng)
• 把梢的
• 投機倒把／投机倒把 (tóujī dǎobǎ)
• 把權／把权
• 把滑
• 把牢 (bǎláo)
• 把猾
• 把玩 (bǎwán)
• 把盞／把盏 (bǎzhǎn)
• 把穩／把稳 (bǎwěn)
• 把突兒／把突儿
• 把筆／把笔
• 把素
• 把素持齋／把素持斋
• 把細／把细
• 把總／把总
• 把脈／把脉 (bǎmài)
• 把腳不住／把脚不住
• 把臂
• 把臉一板／把脸一板
• 把臂入林
• 把臂而談／把臂而谈
• 把舵 (bǎduò)
• 把色
• 把薪助火
• 把街
• 把袂 (bǎmèi)
• 把話／把话
• 把賣／把卖
• 把都兒／把都儿
• 把酒 (bǎjiǔ)
• 把錢／把钱
• 把門／把门 (bǎmén)
• 把門人／把门人
• 把關／把关 (bǎguān)
• 把頭／把头 (bǎtóu)
• 把風／把风 (bǎfēng)
• 把飯叫饑／把饭叫饥
• 把鬼
• 把麻
• 把麼／把么
• 把鼻
• 把齋／把斋 (bǎzhāi)
• 拉一把
• 拜把
• 拖把 (tuōbǎ)
• 拜把兄弟
• 拜把子 (bài bǎzi)
• 拿一把
• 拿印把兒／拿印把儿
• 拱把
• 拿把
• 拿把不住
• 持齋把素／持斋把素
• 捏把汗
• 掃把／扫把 (sàobǎ)
• 掗把／挜把
• 掌把
• 揣奸把猾
• 撈一把／捞一把
• 放刁把濫／放刁把滥
• 有把傢伙／有把家伙
• 有把握 (yǒu bǎwò)
• 槍把／枪把
• 武把子
• 毛團把戲／毛团把戏
• 沒把柄／没把柄
• 沒把鼻／没把鼻
• 滿把／满把
• 滿有把握／满有把握
• 火把 (huǒbǎ)
• 為頭把腦／为头把脑
• 玩把戲／玩把戏
• 瓢把子
• 盈把
• 盲人把燭／盲人把烛
• 看把戲／看把戏
• 萬把／万把
• 第一把手 (dìyībǎshǒu)
• 第二把手
• 籠驢把馬／笼驴把马
• 練把式／练把式
• 翻把
• 老把勢／老把势 (lǎobǎshi)
• 老把式
• 老把戲／老把戏 (lǎobǎxì)
• 耍把戲／耍把戏
• 腰把子
• 花把戲／花把戏
• 草把
• 話把／话把 (huàbà)
• 變把戲／变把戏
• 車把／车把 (chēbǎ)
• 車把式／车把式 (chēbǎshi)
• 都把勢／都把势
• 鎗把／枪把
• 隨驢把馬／随驴把马
• 靠把
• 順把／顺把
• 頭把兒／头把儿
• 鬼把戲／鬼把戏 (guǐbǎxì)
• 點把／点把

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pá (pa²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pá
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pá
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa²
    • Yale: pá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: par
    • Palladius: па (pa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä³⁵/

Definitions

把

1. ^† Alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”).
2. a surname

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 束

Kanji

把

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: へ (he)
• Kan-on: は (ha, Jōyō)
• Kun: たば (taba, 把); つか (tsuka)

Compounds

• 把(は)捉(そく) (hasoku, “grasping”)
• 把(は)総(そう) (hasō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
把
たば Grade: S
kun’yomi

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) た​ば [táꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ba̠]

Counter

把(たば) • (-taba) 

1. counter for bundles

Noun

把(たば) • (taba) 

1. bundle, bunch, batch, sheaf, coil

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 把 (MC paeX).

Historical readings
Recorded as Middle Korean 방〯 (Yale: pǎ) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. Recorded as Middle Korean 파 (pha) (Yale: pha) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [파]

Hanja

Wikisource

把 (eumhun 잡을 파 (jabeul pa))

1. Hanja form^? of 파 (“to take; to hold”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 파로 (把撈, paro)
• 파반 (把盤, paban)
• 파배 (把杯, pabae)
• 파속 (把束, pasok)
• 파수 (把守, pasu)
• 파수 (把手, pasu)
• 파악 (把握, paak)
• 파장 (把掌, pajang)
• 파절 (把截, pajeol)
• 파주 (把住, paju)
• 파지 (把持, paji)
• 파지 (把指, paji)
• 파직 (把直, pajik)
• 파착 (把捉, pachak)
• 파총 (把摠, pachong)
• 파필 (把筆, papil)
• 검파 (劍把, geompa)
• 견파 (肩把, gyeonpa)
• 공파 (拱把, gongpa)
• 도파 (刀把, dopa)
• 만파 (輓把, manpa)
• 복파 (腹把, bokpa)
• 슬파 (膝把, seulpa)
• 외파 (外把, oepa)
• 입파 (入把, ip'pa)
• 총파 (銃把, chongpa)
• 낭파초 (狼把草, nangpacho)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

把: Hán Nôm readings: bã, bả, bạ, bỡ, bữa, vả, vã, vỗ, bá, bẻ, bửa, lả, sấp, trả

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