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Meaning of 拨

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(Trad.: 撥)HSK 6
Pinyin:
English Definition: 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
Chinese Definition:
①用手指或棍棒等推动或挑动:拨动。把钟拨准了。拨冗(推开繁忙的事物,抽出时间)。拨云见日。
②分给:拨发。拨款。拨付。
③治理:拨乱反正。
④掉转:拨转马头。
⑤量词,用于成批的,分组的:分成两拨儿。
Total strokes: 8; Radical:
Ideographic:To dispatch goods by hand
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ shǒu ] hand
    • [ ] to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
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Example Words
拨款 kuǎn to allocate funds; appropriation
拨打 to call; to dial
拨付 appropriate sum of money
划拨 huà to assign; to allocate; to transfer (money to an account)
调拨 diào to send (products); to allocate; to commit (funds); to channel (goods)
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Example Sentences
1
He taught me how to dial a phone number.
2
I need to dial the contact person's phone number.
3
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Thank you for calling our hotline.
4
The funding source for the research does not rely solely on government grants.
5
If you see someone drowning, quickly dial the emergency number.