扒拉

Chinese

		climb; crawl; snatch climb; crawl; snatch; pull (out); to strip; hold on to; cling to; dig up; rake; push aside	to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw
trad. (扒拉)		扒	拉
simp. #(扒拉)		扒	拉

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāla

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ˙ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ laai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāla
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ˙ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: balå
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-la⁵
    • Yale: bā-la
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba.la
    • Palladius: бала (bala)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ lä²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ laai¹
    • Yale: baat lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ laai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ lai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ laːi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

扒拉

1. (colloquial) to push lightly

   把壓在苗上的土扒拉開 [MSC, trad.]
   把压在苗上的土扒拉开 [MSC, simp.]

   bǎ yā zài miáo shàng de tǔ bāla kāi [Pinyin]

   to flick the earth off the seedlings

   扒拉算盤子兒／扒拉算盘子儿  ―  bāla suànpánzǐr  ―  to move the beads of an abacus up and down

2. (colloquial) to remove; to dismiss

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pála

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˊ ˙ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paa⁴ laai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pála
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˊ ˙ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pálå
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa²-la⁵
    • Yale: pá-la
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: par.la
    • Palladius: пала (pala)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä³⁵ lä³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paa⁴ laai¹
    • Yale: pàh lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paa⁴ laai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pa⁴ lai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː²¹ laːi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

扒拉

1. (dialectal) to convey food to one's mouth with chopsticks