掰 bāi▶ bẻ bằng ngón tay và ngón cái

Stroke order

掰 is written in 12 strokes.

• 掰

Senses

1. to break off or break open sth with one's hands
2. (fig.) to break off (a relationship)

Related words

• 罢工Đình công; tấn công
• 摆脱vứt bỏ, loại bỏ

掰 is pronounced bāi and means “bẻ bằng ngón tay và ngón cái”. You will meet it in HSK 6, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 掰 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.