把式

Chinese

		handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object) handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of	type; form; pattern type; form; pattern; style
simp. and trad. (把式)		把	式
alternative forms		把勢／把势

Etymology

From Mongolian ᠪᠠᠭᠰᠢ (baɣsi, “master, trainer, teacher”) or Manchu ᠪᠠᡴᠰᡳ (baksi, “scholar”), in turn from Chinese 博士 (MC pak dzriX, “master”).

Compare 把戲／把戏 (bǎxì, “circus tricks; cheap tricks”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa² sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎshì → bǎshi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˇ ㄕˋ → ㄅㄚˇ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎshi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pa³-shih⁵
    • Yale: bǎ-shr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baa.shyh
    • Palladius: баши (baši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /pä²¹⁴ ʂʐ̩⁴/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa² sik¹
    • Yale: bá sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa² sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba² xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 把式

1. martial arts
2. master; expert
3. (dialectal) skill; talent

Synonyms

• (skill):

(deprecated template usage)

• 一手
• 人才 (réncái)
• 伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary)
• 俊才 (jùncái)
• 兩手／两手 (liǎngshǒu)
• 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 力量 (lìliàng)
• 功力 (gōnglì)
• 功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts)
• 天才 (tiāncái) (genius)
• 才具 (cáijù) (formal)
• 才力 (cáilì)
• 才器 (cáiqì) (literary)
• 才幹／才干 (cáigàn)
• 才情 (cáiqíng)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 手法 (shǒufǎ)
• 手眼 (shǒuyǎn)
• 才能
• 手腕 (shǒuwàn)
• 手腕子 (shou³ onn³ zr) (Xiang)
• 才華／才华 (cáihuá)
• 技巧 (jìqiǎo)
• 技能 (jìnéng)
• 技藝／技艺 (jìyì)
• 技術／技术 (jìshù)
• 招數／招数 (zhāoshù)
• 本事
• 本領／本领 (běnlǐng)
• 材幹／材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
• 能力 (nénglì)
• 能為／能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal)
• 能耐 (néngnài) (colloquial)
• 能量 (néngliàng)
• 花頭／花头 (Wu)
• 著數／着数
• 解數／解数
• 資力／资力 (zīlì)
• 路數／路数 (lùshù)
• 身手 (shēnshǒu)
• 道行