擺
bǎi HSK4

arrange, put

摆 (擺) bǎi
arrange verb
to put in order, display, or exhibit

他在桌子上摆了几本书。

tā zài zhuō​zi shàng bǎi le jǐ běn shū.

He arranged a few books on the table.

swing verb
to move to and fro or wave

他向我摆了摆手表示再见。

tā xiàng wǒ bǎi le bǎi shǒu biǎo​shì zài​jiàn.

He waved his hand at me to say goodbye.

pendulum noun
a weight hung from a fixed point that swings freely

这台老挂钟的摆停了。

zhè tái lǎo guà​zhōng de bǎi tíng le.

The pendulum of this old wall clock has stopped moving.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,158th most common 123.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,073rd most common 90.0 per million appears in 37% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
49.9 per million appears in 16% of films
Written text
61.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Simplified
摆
Strokes
18
Unicode
U+64FA

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