撇 piě
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              piě 
              noun 
              a downwards-left curved character stroke 
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '撇'; Guoyu '撇' piě n 1; XHZD '撇' piě 2, p. 568; Sun 2006, loc. 1178) - 
              piě 
              measure word 
              measure word for eye brows and beards 
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '撇' piě n 3) - 
              piē 
              verb 
              to discard; to abandon; to throw away 
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 抛弃 (CC-CEDICT '撇'; Guoyu '撇' piē v 1; Unihan '撇'; XHZD '撇' piē 1, p. 568) - 
              piē 
              verb 
              to skim 
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 刮舀出来; for example, 撇油 'skim fat' (Guoyu '撇' piē v 4; XHZD '撇' piē 2, p. 568) - 
              piě 
              verb 
              to throw 
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '撇' piě 2, p. 345; XHZD '撇' piě 1, p. 568) - 
              piě 
              noun 
              an object in the shape of the downwards-left curved character stroke 
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '撇' piě n 2; Kroll 2015 '撇' piě 3, p. 345; XHZD '撇' piě 3, p. 568) - 
              piě 
              verb 
              to tap 
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '撇' piě 1, p. 345) - 
              piě 
              verb 
              to wipe off; to clean 
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 拂拭 (Guoyu '撇' piē v 2) - 
              piē 
              verb 
              to lose 
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 丟 (Guoyu '撇' piē v 3) - 
              piē 
              verb 
              to disobey; to defy 
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 违拗 (Guoyu '撇' piē v 5) 
Contained in
- 横撇(橫撇) a horizontal stroke and a left falling line
 - 撇开(撇開) to disregard; to leave aside
 - 撇去 skim
 - 撇条(撇條) to go to the toilet
 - 左撇子 left-handed
 - 横撇弯钩(橫撇彎鉤) Heng Pie Wan Gou; CJK stroke HPWG
 - 八字还没一撇儿(八字還沒一撇兒) there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape
 - 三撇 name of Kangxi radical 59
 - 八字还没一撇(八字還沒一撇) there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape
 - 直撇 straight left curved stroke
 - 撇开不谈(撇開不談) to ignore an issue
 - 八字没一撇(八字沒一撇) there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape
 - 撇掉 to skim froth or foam from the surface of a liquid
 - 撇大条(撇大條) to take a dump
 - 撇下 to cast away
 - 撇步 trick (of the trade); clever move
 - 撇清 to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasise one is innocent or in the clear
 - 长撇(長撇) long downwards left curved stroke
 - 撇号(撇號) apostrophe ' (punct.); accent mark; prime symbol
 - 撇油 to skim oil; to skim fat
 - 曲撇 long downwards left curved stroke
 - 短撇 short downwards left curved stroke
 - 撇嘴 to curl one's lip; to twitch one's mouth
 - 撇捺 a left then right falling line
 
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第七十回 Chapter 70 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
 - 第四回 Chapter 4 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 4
 - 第二十五回 Chapter 25 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 4
 - 第四十三回 Chapter 43 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
 - 第四十八回 Chapter 48 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
 - 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
 - 第七十回 Chapter 70 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
 - 第六十回 Chapter 60 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
 - 第十四回 Chapter 14 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
 - 第三十八回 Chapter 38 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
 
Collocations
- 撇在 (撇在) 將你撇在土牢裏 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第九回 Chapter 9 — count: 12
 - 一撇 (一撇) 用上一撇一點俱不成字 — History of Song 宋史, 卷四百三十一 列傳第一百九十 儒林一 聶崇義 邢昺 孫奭 王昭素 孔維 孔宜 崔頌子:曥 尹拙 田敏 辛文悅 李覺 崔頤正弟:偓佺 李之才 Volume 431 Biographies 190: Confucian Scholars 1 - Nie Chongyi, Xing Bing, Sun Shi, Wang Zhaosu, Kong Wei, Kong Yi, Cui Song and son: Lu, Yin Zhuo, Tian Min, Xin Wenyue, Li Jue, Cui Yizheng and younger brother: Woquan, Li Zhicai — count: 6
 - 便撇 (便撇) 便撇了不喫 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第六回 Chapter 6 — count: 5
 - 儿撇 (兒撇) 寓俱藍國也裏可溫主兀咱兒撇裏馬亦遣使奉表 — History of Yuan 元史, 卷十二 本紀第十二: 世祖九 Volume 12 Annals 12: Shizu 9 — count: 4
 - 撇天 (撇天) 浮蔑蠓而撇天 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十七 揚雄傳 上 Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 — count: 4
 - 撇戟 (撇戟) 撇戟丟鎗 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第七十七回 Chapter 77 — count: 3
 - 抛撇 (拋撇) 適閒拋撇 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四十三回 Chapter 43 — count: 3
 - 撇在地下 (撇在地下) 便去場上將這十兩銀子撇在地下 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三十八回 Chapter 38 — count: 3
 - 汉撇 (漢撇) 那漢撇了朴刀 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第六回 Chapter 6 — count: 2
 - 裏撇 (裏撇) 不隄防黑影裏撇出一條板凳 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三十回 Chapter 30 — count: 2