1. to hold; to grasp
2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
3. handlebar
4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
5. classifier for things with handles
6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
2. a surname
3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)

1. to draw; to paint
2. to draw (a line) (variant of 劃 huà)
3. stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃 huà)
4. (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃 huà)

classifiers: 幅, 張

1. to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)
2. to hang up (the phone)
3. (of a line) to be dead
4. to be worried; to be concerned
5. (dialect) to make a phone call
6. to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor)
7. (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam)
8. classifier for sets or clusters of objects

1. contrary
2. in reverse
3. inside out or upside down
4. to reverse
5. to return
6. to oppose
7. opposite
8. against
9. anti-
10. to rebel
11. to use analogy
12. instead
13. abbr. for 反切 fǎnqiè phonetic system

1. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note fa (4).
2. Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note fa (4).
3. alternative form of 販 /贩 (fàn)
4. used in 反反

1. (completed action marker)
2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

1. to finish
2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)

1. (of eyes) bright
2. clear-sighted
3. to understand clearly