扒
bāpá HSK7

scratch

扒 bā frequency
cling verb
to hold on to or cling to something while climbing

他两手扒着窗台向上爬。

tā liǎng shǒu bā zhe chuāng​tái xiàng shàng pá.

He climbed up by clutching the windowsill with both hands.

dig verb
to dig or rake through

他在土里扒了一个小坑。

tā zài tǔ lǐ bā le yī gè xiǎo kēng.

He dug a small hole in the dirt.

peel verb
to peel or skin

他正忙着扒橘子皮。

tā zhèng máng zhe bā jú​zi pí.

He is busy peeling an orange.

pull down verb
to tear or pull down a structure

破旧的围墙被扒掉了。

pò​jiù de wéi​qiáng bèi bā diào le.

The dilapidated wall was torn down.

扒 pá
braise noun
to cook meat or vegetables by stewing in a thick sauce

这道扒鸡是当地的名菜。

zhè dào pá jī shì dāng​dì de míng cài.

This braised chicken is a famous local dish.

crawl verb
to move forward on hands and knees or move slowly (similar to 爬 pá)

那个幼儿在草地上不停地往前扒。

nà gè yòu'ér zài cǎo​dì shàng bù​tíng de wǎng qián pá.

The toddler kept crawling forward on the grass.

rake up verb
to gather together or dig up using a tool or one's hands

他用耙子把草扒到一边。

tā yòng pá​zi bǎ cǎo pá dào yī biān.

He used a rake to move the grass to the side.

steal verb
to pickpocket or steal items from someone's person

他在公共汽车上被扒了钱包。

tā zài gōng​gòng qì​chē shàng bèi pá le qián​bāo.

His wallet was pickpocketed on the bus.

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,121st most common 8.39 per million
Movie subtitles
2,775th most common 5.12 per million appears in 3% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5.13 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
9.85 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+6252

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)