撥弄

Chinese

		to push aside; to appropriate (money); to move to push aside; to appropriate (money); to move; to set aside; group; batch; to poke; to stir	to do; to manage; to handle to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with; lane; alley
trad. (撥弄)		撥	弄
simp. (拨弄)		拨	弄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bōnòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄋㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): but⁶ lung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poah-lāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōnòng → bōnong (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄋㄨㄥˋ → ㄅㄛ ˙ㄋㄨㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bono̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-nung⁵
    • Yale: bwō-nung
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo.nonq
    • Palladius: бонун (bonun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ nʊŋ⁵¹/ → /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ nʊŋ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: but⁶ lung⁶
    • Yale: buht luhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: but⁹ lung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bud⁶ lung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːt̚² lʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poah-lāng
    • Tâi-lô: puah-lāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poahlang
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ laŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pua(ʔ)⁵ laŋ⁴¹/

Verb

撥弄

1. to move something to and fro (with the hand, foot, etc.); to fiddle with; to play with; to pluck
2. to order about; to toy with
3. to stir up; to instigate

Synonyms

• (to play with): (Hokkien) 變弄／变弄 (pìⁿ-lāng)
• (to order about):

• 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 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 局限 (júxiàn)
• 左右 (zuǒyòu)
• 把
• 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)
• 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 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 限制 (xiànzhì)
• 駕／驾 (jià)
• 駕馭／驾驭 (jiàyù) (figurative)

 

• (to stir up):

• 主使 (zhǔshǐ)
• 使使 (Hokkien)
• 使唆 (Hokkien)
• 助長／助长 (zhùzhǎng)
• 勾引 (gōuyǐn)
• 反間／反间 (fǎnjiàn)
• 唆使 (suōshǐ)
• 唆擺／唆摆 (so¹ baai²) (Cantonese)
• 嗾使 (sǒushǐ)
• 引誘／引诱 (yǐnyòu)
• 引逗 (yǐndòu)
• 慫恿／怂恿 (sǒngyǒng)
• 扇動／扇动 (shāndòng)
• 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
• 指使 (zhǐshǐ)
• 挑動／挑动 (tiǎodòng)
• 挑唆 (tiǎosuō)
• 挑撥／挑拨 (tiǎobō)
• 挑起 (tiǎoqǐ)
• 挑釁／挑衅 (tiǎoxìn)
• 搬弄 (bānnòng)
• 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
• 攏慫／拢怂 (Hokkien)
• 攛掇／撺掇 (cuānduo) (colloquial)
• 教唆 (jiàosuō)
• 煽動／煽动 (shāndòng)
• 煽惑 (shānhuò)
• 簸弄 (bǒnòng)
• 縱臾／纵臾 (zǒngyǒng) (obsolete)
• 縱踴／纵踊 (obsolete)
• 誘使／诱使 (yòushǐ)
• 離間／离间 (líjiàn)
• 鼓動／鼓动 (gǔdòng)
• 鼓惑 (gǔhuò)

 

Derived terms

• 撥弄是非／拨弄是非